Quotes from 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.'

When I go out before a crowd, I ask God to give me inspiration to be the light.

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.

I don't care about the gold records and all of that stuff. I care about what we do onstage, and the joy that we bring to people.

Money is a hazard.

When I walk on stage, it's the 'healing floor.' No matter how bad I'm hurting, I get out there and do it.

Before the Berlin Wall came down, we played behind the Iron Curtain and sang, 'Born in the U.S.A.,' and I thought, 'We're all going to die. The man is going to get us all killed.' But then you saw all these kids with the American flag and German flags together and singing the song, and it was, wow, like 'We Shall Overcome.'

Going through all of this physical stuff, it's been a tough job. But I've loved every second of my life.

I'll never be rude to another news person. It's a tough job, a thankless job. You really have to get out there and grovel to get your story.

It's love. It's two men - two strong, very virile men - finding that space in life where they can let go enough of their masculinity to feel the passion of love and respect and trust.

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.

Nobody played instruments in my family. My father got that bug and said he wants his son to play saxophone.

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

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.

I have faith in the judicial system.

I'm a mellow fellow. Nothing much bothers me.

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.

The first time I ever saw a black audience at our concert, we were in Zimbabwe.

I got into the soul music, but I wanted to rock. I was a rocker.

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.

It's a crazy world, so I meditate for 20 minutes. I also meditate for 20 minutes before a concert.

You had your black bands, and you had your white bands, and if you mixed the two, you found less places to play.

I hung out in the Baltimore area a lot. My biggest memory was playing football against Morgan. That was, like, 'Forget about it,' that was a really big thing. They used to kick our butts all the time.

Asbury Park's a special place for me. It's where I really began playing.