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
wicked want aging
About the time we get old enough to be as wicked as we want to be, we don't want to be so very wicked after all.
new-york eight people
There is something distinctive about living in New York; over eight million other people are doing it.
wise men common-sense
The mind of man has no defense To equal plain, old common sense. This homely virtue don't despise, If you would be happy as well as wise.
emotion paradox trusted
This is the greatest paradox: the emotions cannot be trusted; yet it is the emotions that tell us the greatest truths.
thinking men advantage
A lot of men think that if they smile for a second, somebody will take advantage of them, and they are right.
dog art uncles
[Reviewing a production of Uncle Tom's Cabin] The dogs were poorly supported by the cast.
people
Some people have nothing but experience.
mistake ice rivers
If I had my life to live over, I would try to make more mistakes. I would relax. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I know of very few things that I would take seriously. I would be less hygienic. I would go more places. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less spinach. I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary troubles.
people dumb be-kind
Be kind to dumb people.
gentleman gentlemen-prefer-blondes
Gentlemen prefer blondes, but take what they can get.
communication conversation form
Conversation: The slowest form of human communication.
humor feel-good feels
A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.
teacher half dozen
I had, out of my sixty teachers, a scant half dozen who couldn't have been supplanted by phonographs.
serious life-is good-things
It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.