Clarence Clemons (The Big Man) Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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You aren't your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your home, your family... your anything. You're a creation of your Source, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and enjoy life on Earth.
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There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.
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I still call Texas home. It is where I spent most of my life growing up.
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There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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I spent the first five years of my life in Punjab, India, and then moved to New York.
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I need a spiritual connection - I can make changes, but I can't make miracles - and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and tell me the truth and not let me deceive myself into avoiding the what's scary and hard and necessary.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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There is so much great talent in the underground, and electronic music is finally getting the props that it's deserved for so long. I feel like now that everyone is discovering it and it's so fresh sounding to so many people. It doesn't get any more rock n' roll than playing EDC or the Staples Center. It's really madness.
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The type of music we know as classical music began with rich people hiring musicians or owning them in a way. Without funding, it's very hard to have this experience. Be it state money or private money, there has to be someone dedicated to raising the money.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You have money, but you don't drink; you don't smoke. All you do is hoop, and you live on a natural high.' But now I know.
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Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.
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It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.
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Something happens to us all when we experience something as a unit that doesn't occur when we're on our couches or holding our little portable DVD players.
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The machine of awards season is very stressful. But this is the Oscars! It's your peers, your heroes, people you admire, the people who inspired you to get into this work in the first place. It's a pretty overwhelming feeling when you think about it.
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I don't love the whole Hollywood mentality, but I do love the weather and how motivated everyone is around here. It motivates me to make fun music. I'm an East Coaster - I'm from New Jersey, so I'll probably feel like that forever.
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Die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht.
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Temples also take into consideration an ability to pay and, in a general sense, do not turn people away if there's a need,.
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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.
