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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I couldn't sell air conditioners on a 98-degree day. When I demonstrated them in a showroom, I pushed the wrong button and blew the circuit.
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An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle called me the Sultan of Insult, and I was called the King of Insult. But the guy that gave me the best title - and I use it to this day - was Johnny Carson. He called me Mr. Warmth.
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I ride a recumbent bike for half an hour every day.
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Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God.
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Sinatra had a lot of mood swings, but he was wonderful to my wife Barbara and to me. He made no bones about who he liked and who he loved, and he had this great charisma. When he walked into a room, it stopped. I've only seen that happen with Ronald Reagan.
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I stopped smoking. But my personality I still have. I get up in the morning, and not everybody loves me, so if you want to call that a bad habit, there's that.
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Even when I was in high school and the Navy, I was the guy who could rip somebody, and they'd laugh at it.
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My life was in Montreal years ago. Best food in the world.
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Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong.
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Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.
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With everyone working 12-hour schedules, we went from three shifts a day to two shifts a day, ... Now we're able to give our patrol officers time off.
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with deep regret that it is time for me to return home.
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With our four leading scorers out of the line up, the guys came up with a great effort. They all worked their butts off and got us a big win in a game we had to have.
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With our farmers here in the U.S., there has been a pretty good movement over the winter. It seems like producer sales are slow, so you're really reliant on South America.