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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Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.
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I was trying in 'The Power of the Dog' to write a brutally accurate in-your-face, if you will, description of 30 years in the war on drugs. And the effect that that had on people.
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A great review is great. A bad review is the worst.
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Producing words isn't a problem for me. And I usually write two books at a time. When one horse gets winded, you jump on the other.
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So I thought I should write five pages a day. And that's what I did. Eventually I had a book.
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We always think of borders as something that separates two peoples but of course they unite them. It's something you have in common, literally.
morning
You know, I mean this sincerely, you know, I'm so grateful that I get to get up in the morning and do this, you know, and write books.
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In the first place, it's surreal to watch filming, to see the little ideas you had in your head and now Taylor Kitsch is doing it, or Salma Hayek. And then to see it loud and bright onscreen is a trip.
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Well, if you're writing a thriller, you have to have your character in mortal jeopardy on page 1 or it's not a thriller.
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Look, I like to fantasize that there's more to reality than what we have here, and that's why, from a young age, I just loved Philip K. Dick's books.
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When I look back at this career I've had, I don't know where it goes from here, but certainly any time I can make a movie that's different, that explores something that's not a retread of something else, I'm interested in it.
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People who dance well, dress well, are well groomed and know how to behave seem to know others who dance, dress and behave well.
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Soul music as we've always known it hasn't changed. There are different players now with different attitudes, but there is nothing new being done musically.
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Almost all of what I learned about mounting and hosting a dance show I learned from Dick Clark.