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
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When people ask me why I'm amazed at what Barack Obama has accomplished, I tell them it's not because of what most of America and the world sees and knows of his history. It's because I witnessed what I can only describe as a bizarre turn of events that thrust him into position to even become a U.S. senator.
assume forward looking monogamous successful
I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility.
decided life
I was a little, skinny, runt kid, and I decided that bowling was what I was going to do in life.
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.
life private success
I am stable when my private life is a success.
breathe enjoy mixed particular
I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh.
father
I was 28 when my father died, and I was an only child.
funny
If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance.
audiences became social tried whatever
After I graduated, I tried Broadway, which was difficult for me. It was tough to get a part on Broadway, so I just started talking to audiences at different social gatherings, and little by little I became Don Rickles - whatever that is.
building cement god guy pounding street swear
When I walk down the street in New York, I swear to God, the building constructor, the guy pounding cement and what not, will yell, 'Hey, you hockey puck!'
call
I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.