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Clarence Clemons

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 11, 1942

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.

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

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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.

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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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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 look forward to working out every day.

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Money is a hazard.

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

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

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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.'

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Sometimes you just do things and let your natural self become a part of what you're doing.

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I know that one day I'm going to die. I want to accomplish as much as I can before I do.

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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.

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

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Small clubs aren't as lucrative, but spiritually, they're my favorite places to play. It's a homey kind of thing. I refer to it as the Church of What's Happening Now.

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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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What you did, nobody wants to know about it, unless you did something exciting.

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

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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.

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All this pain is going to come back and make me stronger.

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