Clarence Clemons Quotes
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God will give you no more than you can handle.
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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 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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I'm blessed with nice legs, but I see lots of guys with big upper bodies and pencil legs.
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The first time I ever saw a black audience at our concert, we were in Zimbabwe.
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Nobody played instruments in my family. My father got that bug and said he wants his son to play saxophone.
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I got into the soul music, but I wanted to rock. I was a rocker.
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I visualize what I do before I do it. Visualizing makes me better.
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When a fan says, 'Man, you saved my life; I heard 'Jungleland'... and I cried... and I felt joy in my life again,' that's my hall of fame.
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I've been thinking about a cookbook. I've been making notes and promising myself I'll do it some day. I have an idea for a cookbook and music together.
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You had your black bands, and you had your white bands, and if you mixed the two, you found less places to play.
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I'm a Gaga-ite.
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Death is not just the end, it's the beginning.
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When you die, we go back to the white energy of all the white energy: white heat that's flung against the sky and becomes a star.
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I have faith in the judicial system.
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Rock-and-roll, to me, is very serious because we deal with the young people. We deal with people who need something, and that's the same thing that a preacher does. He feeds you something that you need spiritually in your soul and in your makeup.
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I look forward to working out every day.
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Of all the surgeries I've had, there's not much left to operate on. I am totally bionic.
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Tell-all books are boring.
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Asbury Park's a special place for me. It's where I really began playing.
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The Philadelphia audiences, they're like our home crowd.
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I didn't think I'd ever be a Michael Jackson fan. But... watching him move, watching him dance, is so encouraging for me. Because, in my mind, I can do all that stuff.
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When I grew up, there was one music: rock n' roll. Somewhere along the line, there was a separation. I don't know why it happened, but it did happen.
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Of course, you get exhausted. You want to pass out. I came close a couple of times. But you're filled with something, that feedback that comes from the audience.