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
thinking organization leader
ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders.
thinking support bills
I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.
members
Jim mentioned I was an ALEC member, and that's correct.
book aggravation lasts
My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books.
country technology mad
When you look at other countries that are developing the capabilities and the technology to deploy missiles of very significant destructive capability with nuclear, chemical, or biological warheads, then the MAD dogma makes even less sense.
hype want fraud
Well, we want to make sure there's not securities fraud.
jobs people news
I hope there will be some good news and some good profits, and people will realize we have a lot of outstanding executives, and a lot of companies that are doing a good job, and those are good companies to invest in.
years growth clinton
Well, WorldCom's growth exploded in the Clinton years, there's no question, there's no disputing that.
oklahoma states senate
My State Senate district was in the northern part of Oklahoma and they were redrawing the districts.
thinking world united-states
I still happen to think the United States is the greatest place in the world to invest.
believe government roles
I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.
book people cooking
If people are going to be cooking the books, you're in trouble.
men thinking honest
I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.
responsibility government defense
But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense.