Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

When you learn a Bruce Springsteen song, it's like learning to ride a bike. You don't forget it.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

Of all the surgeries I've had, there's not much left to operate on. I am totally bionic.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

Cooking is an art form, a creative thing.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

When you go backstage at a Bruce Springsteen show, you don't see a circus.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

I found out how great the E Street Band is. The reality of a band that you can't scoop aside, can't put in a corner.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

God will give you no more than you can handle.

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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.'

Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

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.