Clarence Clemons Quotes
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I've been pretty blessed. Sometimes it comes in disguise.
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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.
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I know that one day I'm going to die. I want to accomplish as much as I can before I do.
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I hung out in the Baltimore area a lot. My biggest memory was playing football against Morgan. That was, like, 'Forget about it,' that was a really big thing. They used to kick our butts all the time.
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I grew up with a very religious background.
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The night before a show, I don't sleep. Really. I've been doing this for 30 years, and the night before a show, I still don't sleep.
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I never thought I'd be a, quote, 'rock & roll star.'
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I have no agenda - just to be loved.
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To me, music is a river. I have lived my life beside the river. Every day, I get up and look at the river. I watch it and notice when it rises and falls.
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When I walk on stage, it's the 'healing floor.' No matter how bad I'm hurting, I get out there and do it.
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Cooking is an art form, a creative thing.
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Working out has always been a way of life for me.
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God will give you no more than you can handle.
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There'll be no oiling up with this band. The oil has been there for years and it only gets better.
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It takes a village to run the Big Man - a village of doctors.
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Going through all of this physical stuff, it's been a tough job. But I've loved every second of my life.
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I couldn't really trust anyone. Not completely.
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Through all the hardships and all the operations and all the hospitals, all that stuff each part of my life, there's been some goodness, some greatness that comes in here and helps me to be strong, to continue what I'm doing.
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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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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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More than 50 percent of kids who play an instrument go on to college, yet music education programs at the inner city public schools who need them most continue to be hit hard with budget cuts.
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Sometimes you just do things and let your natural self become a part of what you're doing.
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As long as my mouth, hands, and brain still work, I'll be out there doing it. I'm going to keep going 'til I'm not there anymore. This is what's keeping me alive and feeling young and inspired.
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I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.