Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" It's like Liverpool. Everybody went for the music. All the young musicians seemed to gravitate to Asbury Park. "

Clarence Clemons

Related Quotes:

" When a fan says, 'Man, you saved my life; I heard 'Jungleland'... and I cried... and I felt joy in my life again,' that's my hall of fame. "

Clarence Clemons

" When I grew up, there was one music: rock n' roll. Somewhere along the line, there was a separation. I don't know why it happened, but it did happen. "

Clarence Clemons

" 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

" What you did, nobody wants to know about it, unless you did something exciting. "

Clarence Clemons

" I have no agenda - just to be loved. "

Clarence Clemons

" Death is not just the end, it's the beginning. "

Clarence Clemons

" Tell-all books are boring. "

Clarence Clemons

" 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

" I don't care about the gold records and all of that stuff. I care about what we do onstage, and the joy that we bring to people. "

Clarence Clemons

" Working out has always been a way of life for me. "

Clarence Clemons

" The word spiritual, not the word religious, is the key. "

Clarence Clemons

" 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

" To me, the sax is rock n' roll, even though electric guitars kind of pushed it aside for a while. "

Clarence Clemons

" I grew up with a very religious background. "

Clarence Clemons

" There'll be no oiling up with this band. The oil has been there for years and it only gets better. "

Clarence Clemons

" The first time I ever saw a black audience at our concert, we were in Zimbabwe. "

Clarence Clemons

" It's sad to see these old buildings go because they have so many memories, and it's a real personal kind of thing when you play these places. It's part of our history just gone. "

Clarence Clemons

" God will give you no more than you can handle. "

Clarence Clemons

" When you go backstage at a Bruce Springsteen show, you don't see a circus. "

Clarence Clemons

" Small clubs aren't as lucrative, but spiritually, they're my favorite places to play. It's a homey kind of thing. I refer to it as the Church of What's Happening Now. "

Clarence Clemons

" I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead. "

Clarence Clemons

" I'm a mellow fellow. Nothing much bothers me. "

Clarence Clemons

" All this pain is going to come back and make me stronger. "

Clarence Clemons

" I look forward to working out every day. "

Clarence Clemons

" Of all the surgeries I've had, there's not much left to operate on. I am totally bionic. "

Clarence Clemons

" I've been thinking about a cookbook. I've been making notes and promising myself I'll do it some day. I have an idea for a cookbook and music together. "

Clarence Clemons

" Going through all of this physical stuff, it's been a tough job. But I've loved every second of my life. "

Clarence Clemons

" 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

" We had to play both ways on the field, so I was offensive center and defensive end. "

Clarence Clemons

" 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