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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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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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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Our music attracts the people that we rap about and make music about, and they come out and actually do it.
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You can ask anyone who knows me, I've never said a racist or prejudiced thing in my life.
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Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life.
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Sydney is rather like an arrogant lover. When it rains it can deny you its love and you can find it hard to relate to. It's not a place that's built to be rainy or cold. But when the sun comes out, it bats its eyelids, it's glamorous, beautiful, attractive, smart, and it's very hard to get away from its magnetic pull.
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Many people, companies, and organizations are trying to protect the past at any cost. We see this regularly in business as the incumbent vs. innovator fight, but I think it's more profound than that. It's literally a difference in point of view.
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When will you give up these mad adventures, and leave others to fight their own battles and to save their own lives as best they may?' When your ladyship has ceased to be the most admired woman in Europe, namely, when I am in my grave.
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With this crazy lifestyle, you have to think of places where you can still have your freedom.
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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.
