Clarence Clemons

“Everybody calls me Big Man.”

“I grew up with a very religious background.”

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

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

“Working out has always been a way of life for me.”

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

“There'll be no oiling up with this band. The oil has been there for years and it only gets better.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I look forward to working out every day.”

“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.”

“I was a born rock n' roll sax player.”

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

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

“We had to play both ways on the field, so I was offensive center and defensive end.”