Clarence Clemons Quotes & Sayings

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

“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.”

“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.'”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“I look forward to working out every day.”

“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.”