Don Was

Don Was
Don Wasis an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was led the 1980s funk rock band Was. In later years he produced songs and albums for a large number of popular recording artists. In 2012, he became president of jazz music label Blue Note Records...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth13 September 1952
CountryUnited States of America
smart stupid people
Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart. Never. Ever. 'You can come down the evolutionary ladder,' Chon has observed to Ben and O; 'you can't climb up.
fun games who-i-am
I don't recognize myself. I don't know who I am anymore." And it's all fun and games until someone loses an I.
morning insomnia wicked
I start work at 5 in the morning and I have a wicked insomnia problem.
mother real writing
I have sat with the mothers who have lost addicted sons. I have sat with families of kids who have been killed in drug-related gang violence. I have been to the prisons. I have seen the effects. At some point in time, I felt I had to do something other than write a novel about it, that I needed to try to make some sort of contribution, at least try to make some sort of difference in the real world.
florida people surfing
I have to remind the people who put down East Coast surfing that Kelly Slater is from Florida.
spiritual emotional kind
There are various kinds of savagery: emotional, spiritual, economic, and cultural savagery.
people waste telling-the-truth
How much more money do we have to waste, how many more families have to be destroyed, how many more people have to be killed before you summon the courage to tell the truth to the American people?
thinking people mind
I think you can use fiction to get inside people's minds.
peaceful conflict
I would prefer things to be peaceful and not have conflict.
earth safe dangerous
And the most dangerous place on earth— Is where you’re safe.
smart stupid people
Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart.
halfway-there goal paper
Set your goals to paper and you are halfway there!
optimistic epidemics enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is contagious. Start an epidemic.
positive-thinking worry long
As long as you're worrying about losing what you got, you'll never be able to see that what's out there waiting for you is a hundred times better.