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
writing thinking trying
I don't know what I think about certain subjects, even today, until I sit down and try to write about them.
bird house world
When birds look into houses, what impossible worlds they see.
technology faces littles
In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic.
counter-culture kind middle
I was never either pro-culture or counter-culture. I was in a kind of middle state.
pain information form
Pain is just another form of information.
taken thinking artist
I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory.
vacation people relax
That's why people take vacations. No to relax or find excitement or see new places. To escape the death that exists in routine things.
war office vietnam
I marched and I protested against the war in Vietnam, along with many, many thousands of others. But I never quite understood the bombs that were placed in science labs or office buildings.
vanity knows ifs
If you know you're worth nothing, only a gamble with death can gratify your vanity.
I'm not reclusive at all. Just private.
book three four
It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know.
play able tunes
I am very unmusical. I can't carry a tune. I would never be able to play an instrument.
longing scales large-scale
Longing on a large scale makes history.
rushing brain goes-on
Everything that goes on in your whole life is a result of molecules rushing around somewhere in your brain.