Clarence Clemons Quotes
"There'll be no oiling up with this band. The oil has been there for years and it only gets better."
- Clarence Clemons
(Related: Oil, Years)
"The word spiritual, not the word religious, is the key."
- Clarence Clemons
(Related: Key, Religious, Spiritual, Word)
"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
(Related: Music, Soul, Being, Mind, Self)
"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
(Related: 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
(Related: Music, Life, Answers, Spiritual)
"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
(Related: 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
(Related: Love, Health, Cooking, France, Growing up, Italy, 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
(Related: Life, Purpose, First)
"I do read music, but I prefer playing from the heart."
- Clarence Clemons
(Related: Music, Heart)
"Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do."
- Clarence Clemons
(Related: 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
(Related: Compliment, Day, Song)
"I look forward to working out every day."
- Clarence Clemons
(Related: Day)