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
song dirty eye
The bubble headed bleach blonde comes on at five, she can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye. It's interesting when people die, gives us dirty laundry.
summer beach air
Nobody on the road. Nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach.
player stuff busier
I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I wanted to do. I played what I wanted to play.
long records enough
I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.
moving inspire looks
Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.
religious simple religion
The wisdom that living brings, since I got a telegram from the God of simple things.
experts egotism witness
I am an expert witness because I say I am.
song doors voice
What are these voices outside love's open door Make us throw off our contentment, and beg for something more? I'm learning to live without you now But I miss you sometimes The more I know, the less I understand All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning again
blessed voice tubs
I'm blessed with a pretty good voice. So just sitting back there banging on the tubs wasn't enough.
song dad hero
Lennon's was one of the first voices I emulated when I began to sing. When we held tryouts in my pal's dad's living room for the singer in our band, I sang a Beatles song that Lennon sang. There is something about the timbre of his voice, something that it conveys, that still gets to me. The quality and the poetry of his lyrics. The wry sense of humor. And the boyishness, in the beginning. There are a great many things that touch me about him... Lennon was, to put it in his own words, a 'working-class hero.'
successful rocks stones
Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.
writing people trying
I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
philosophy creating enemy
So much time weeping and wailing and shaking our fists, creating enemies that really don't exist.
reality self age
How can love survive in such a graceless age? The trust and self assurance that lead to happiness, they're the very things we kill.