Quotes from Clarence Clemons

I was a born rock n' roll sax player.

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.

It's like Liverpool. Everybody went for the music. All the young musicians seemed to gravitate to Asbury Park.

I love Asbury Park. It's like the Liverpool of America.

It used to take a day to get over the partying. But I don't party anymore. I don't miss it, either.

I visualize what I do before I do it. Visualizing makes me better.

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.

The Philadelphia audiences, they're like our home crowd.

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

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.

God will give you no more than you can handle.

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.

It's sad to see these old buildings go because they have so many memories, and it's a real personal kind of thing when you play these places. It's part of our history just gone.

Cooking is an art form, a creative thing.

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

I've been pretty blessed. Sometimes it comes in disguise.

I have no agenda - just to be loved. 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.

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.

Tears may come and go, But there's one thing I know. All my life you're a friend of mine. You can depend on me. I'll be fine... 'Cause you're a friend of mine.

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.

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.

I'd rather somebody punch me in the face than drop my sax.

To me, the sax is rock n' roll, even though electric guitars kind of pushed it aside for a while.

I never thought I'd be a, quote, 'rock & roll star.'