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Clarence Clemons
American
Musician
About the author
I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Christmas
There'll be no oiling up with this band. The oil has been there for years and it only gets better.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Years
#Oil
The word spiritual, not the word religious, is the key.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Word
#Spiritual
#Key
#Religious
The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Being
#Self
#Mind
#Soul
#Music
Now that I am much older, I have had a number of sax players tell me I was responsible for them playing sax. Some of them I have admired over the years.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Now
#Years
In the mental calmness of a spiritual life, I have found that the answers to the whys in our lives are able to come to you. In my music I find the same thing.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Life
#Spiritual
#Music
#Answers
I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Job
I like health-conscious cooking, but growing up in the South, I do love southern cooking; southern France, southern Italy, southern Spain. I love southern cooking.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Love
#France
#Health
#Italy
#Growing up
#Cooking
#Spain
It's a matter of choosing what is most important to you and putting that first. Once you have recognized your true purpose in life, this becomes much easier.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Life
#First
#Purpose
I do read music, but I prefer playing from the heart.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Heart
#Music
Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Being
#Community
As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I heard this saxophone on the radio the other day and I knew it was you. I don't know the song, but I know it was you on sax.'
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Day
#Song
#Compliment
I look forward to working out every day.
Clarence Clemons,
American
Musician
#Day