Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr. Quotes

• 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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• The word spiritual, not the word religious, is the key.

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• 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.

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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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• 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.

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• I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.

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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 look forward to working out every day.

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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 do read music, but I prefer playing from the heart.

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• Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one’s own community is a most natural thing to do.

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Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr. (12)

Birth:	11th January, 1942
Death:	18th June, 2011
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Saxophonist

About

Clarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. was born in Norfolk County, Virginia. He was an American saxophonist and actor. From 1972 until his death, he was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone. He released several solo albums and in 1985, had a hit single with "You're a Friend of Mine," a duet with Jackson Browne. He also made cameo appearances in several TV series, including Diff'rent Strokes, Nash Bridges, The Simpsons and The Wire.

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