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Clarence Clemons

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" 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.' "

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

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" You had your black bands, and you had your white bands, and if you mixed the two, you found less places to play. "

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" Sometimes you just do things and let your natural self become a part of what you're doing. "

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" 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. "

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" Asbury Park's a special place for me. It's where I really began playing. "

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" How many ways can you cut a steak? How many ways can a chord go? I've been in this business so long, I know how to cut it. "

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" I found out how great the E Street Band is. The reality of a band that you can't scoop aside, can't put in a corner. "

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

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" I'm like the Bionic Man. "

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

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" It takes a village to run the Big Man - a village of doctors. "

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" I couldn't really trust anyone. Not completely. "

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" Somebody said to me, 'Whenever somebody says your name, a smile comes to their face.' That's a great accolade. I strive to keep it that way. "

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" As long as my mouth, hands, and brain still work, I'll be out there doing it. I'm going to keep going 'til I'm not there anymore. This is what's keeping me alive and feeling young and inspired. "

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" Everybody calls me Big Man. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" Rock-and-roll, to me, is very serious because we deal with the young people. We deal with people who need something, and that's the same thing that a preacher does. He feeds you something that you need spiritually in your soul and in your makeup. "

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" To me, music is a river. I have lived my life beside the river. Every day, I get up and look at the river. I watch it and notice when it rises and falls. "

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" I have faith in the judicial system. "

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" I always had this vision of what I wanted to do in life. "

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" 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. "

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