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 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!'
bob hope totally writers
Bob Hope was totally regimented. I go in and say a line like, 'Hi Bob' and I'd have to do it five times, and then Bob would take me to the writers to say the line different ways. He wouldn't let me ad-lib.
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I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
great work
My wife, Barbara, is great. She arranges when I do work that I have a day off between performances.
comics compared material
Compared to what some of the young comics use for material today, I'm a priest.
wants
I'm not one of those guys who wants to die on a stage.
although audiences
When you do comedy, you can't please the world, although I'd like to think that most of my audiences were on my side.
absolute assumption becomes believe structure throughout truth
In our development, as we grow throughout our lives, the structure of our beliefs becomes very complicated, and we make it even more complicated because we make the assumption that what we believe is the absolute truth.
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Every human is an artist. And this is the main art that we have: the creation of our story.
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For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they're lies, you're free.
beneath dictates four hear life main voice whatever
Whatever you perceive, you always make a story with yourself as the main character, and that dictates your life. Then when you read 'The Four Agreements', you hear another voice beneath the story, the voice that comes from your integrity, your spirit.
clubs playing
I've been to Philadelphia a lot of times over the years, playing the old Celebrity Room and most of the other clubs around there that don't exist anymore.
cried time took war
I was in World War II; I cried when they took me in the Navy. That's the last time I cried.
people school
To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic.