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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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
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.
Clarence Clemons
The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from.
Clarence Clemons
The word spiritual, not the word religious, is the key.
Clarence Clemons
I do read music, but I prefer playing from the heart.
Clarence Clemons
As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I heard this saxophone on the radio the other day and I knew it was you. I don't know the song, but I know it was you on sax.'
Clarence Clemons
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