Don Was
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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
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There's always somebody doing something more extreme than you are. It used to be that if you ran the marathon, that was the end of it.
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If I have my opinion about something, you have your opinion about something, we don't have to fight over it. And we can have a conversation. We can also disagree without being disagreeable, and we can just disagree, which is fine. It doesn't mean that I don't like you, or you don't like me. We just disagree.
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Who needs a bullet piercing, armor piercing bullet to go hunting? Who needs an assault rifle to go hunting? You can't even use the prey that you kill with an assault rifle if you indeed do it.
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I think it would be great if everybody could be out. But it's such a personal choice. People have to do it at their own speed. I respect that.
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It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.
truth
The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end.
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I think young people don't really know that much about the Civil Rights Movement and about the history of African Americans in this country. It's not taught enough in school.
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I do feel that Paula Deen should not have lost her job, and I've said this on the air. The marketplace should have decided. The marketplace decided something different. Her books are No. 1.
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Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it.
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I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility.
opposed
I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort.
hear music
I could hear and feel music going on in me, and I couldn't get it out. You can always depend on a guitar.
human
This is what I do for a living. It's not who I am as a human being.
either
I'm not qualified for anything else, so I would imagine I'd either be doing something larcenous or I would have already been caught.