Clarence Clemons quotes
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“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.”
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“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.”
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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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“I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.”
-- Clarence ClemonsSource : "5 Steps to Make Yourself Miserable for the Holidays" by Matthew B. James, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 5, 2014.
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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.'”
-- Clarence ClemonsSource : "The Chess Companion". Book by Irving Chernev, 1970.
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“Tears may come and go, But there's one thing I know. All my life you're a friend of mine. You can depend on me. I'll be fine... 'Cause you're a friend of mine.”
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“Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.”
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“I do read music, but I prefer playing from the heart.”
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“I look forward to working out every day.”
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“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.”
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“I throw a Christmas party at my house. It's not really a Christmas party, because I don't want to call it a Christmas party. But let's just say I put a lot I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.”
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“The word spiritual, not the word religious, is the key.”
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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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“It's love. It's two men - two strong, very virile men - finding that space in life where they can let go enough of their masculinity to feel the passion of love and respect and trust,”
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“I have no agenda - just to be loved. 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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“God will give you no more than you can handle,”
-- Clarence ClemonsSource : "E Street's Clemons: Pain will make me stronger" by Kiley Armstrong, www.today.com. May 9, 2010.
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“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
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