Clarence Clemons Quotes

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

Christmas, Wanted, Train

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

Music, Mind, Self

Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.
Clarence Clemons

Community, Natural, Involved

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

Good, Rock, Job

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

Life, True, Important

The word spiritual, not the word religious, is the key.
Clarence Clemons

Spiritual, Word, Religious

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

Life, Music, Spiritual

I do read music, but I prefer playing from the heart.
Clarence Clemons

Music, Heart, Read

I look forward to working out every day.
Clarence Clemons

Forward, Working

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

Greatest, Person, Song

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

Love, Growing, Cooking

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

Tell, Older, Playing

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Nationality: American

Born: January 11, 1942

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