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
bad business fishing
We had a bad fishing year, ... My business was really suffering.
deeply great respects truly
We are all truly directing. We all feel deeply part of it and are making a great collaborative effort. Each one of us respects the other's place.
began scenes talked time
We began to do little things, have little scenes where we just talked about things that had nothing to do with the plot. In fact, in the beginning, they didn't want us to do that. But as time went on, you see that in so many shows. I think we were the first to do that.
board state tolerance value within
This will put the value within the tolerance the State Board of Equalization will accept.
agreement deserve-you boxing
You sign an agreement; you make a contract, you live up to it. You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. You got a right to say yay or nay.
taken boxing world
I'm the best promoter in the world because I haven't taken a day off work since I left the penitentiary, and because I have read all the great philosophers like St. Thomas Aquinine.
practice white boxing
From the very beginning I used sound business practices in everything I did. White businessman uses them to make money he's a genius. Black businessman uses them he's a crook. That's the way it is.
kings america only-in-america
Only in America could a Don King happen.
ghetto men numbers
I am a product of a rat and roach infested black ghetto. It is easy for me to rationalize my dealings as a numbers man. I'll defend men today who are involved in it.
kings america barack
Only in America can a Barack Obama happen. Only in America can a Don King happen.
kings boxing mountain
Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank
night animal boxing
You know what animals exist in the desert. He's going to his indigenous natural habitat. What better place for night crawlers?
snow boxing pay
I'll pay them right after it snows in Panama. Let Eleta pay them if he feels so strongly about it.
kings america boxing
If you are a blackman in America and get stopped by the police, make sure you have a vidio camera. Don't rely on some passerby to film the beating. Rodney King was just lucky.