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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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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.
Clarence Clemons
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It takes a village to run the Big Man - a village of doctors.
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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.
Clarence Clemons -
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.
Clarence Clemons -
I know that one day I'm going to die. I want to accomplish as much as I can before I do.
Clarence Clemons -
I visualize what I do before I do it. Visualizing makes me better.
Clarence Clemons -
I do read music, but I prefer playing from the heart.
Clarence Clemons
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I look forward to working out every day.
Clarence Clemons -
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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Death is not just the end, it's the beginning.
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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.
Clarence Clemons -
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.
Clarence Clemons -
I got into the soul music, but I wanted to rock. I was a rocker.
Clarence Clemons
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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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The word spiritual, not the word religious, is the key.
Clarence Clemons -
It's a crazy world, so I meditate for 20 minutes. I also meditate for 20 minutes before a concert.
Clarence Clemons -
I'm blessed with nice legs, but I see lots of guys with big upper bodies and pencil legs.
Clarence Clemons -
I always had this vision of what I wanted to do in life.
Clarence Clemons -
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.
Clarence Clemons
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The Philadelphia audiences, they're like our home crowd.
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I'm a Gaga-ite.
Clarence Clemons -
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.
Clarence Clemons -
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.
Clarence Clemons