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Clarence Clemons
American
Musician
Born:
Jan 11
,
1942
Died:
Jun 18
,
2011
Been
Before
Life
Me
Music
You
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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.
Clarence Clemons
Love
Cooking
France
Like
South
Italy
Up
Southern
Spain
Growing
Growing Up
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
You
Man
Together
Song
Overcome
Thought
Berlin Wall
Singing
Before
Down
Saw
Kids
Berlin
Wow
Born
Shall
Like
Came
German
Iron
Iron Curtain
Wall
Get
American
Flag
Die
Flags
Going
Behind
American Flag
Curtain
Then
Us
Sang
Played
All this pain is going to come back and make me stronger.
Clarence Clemons
Me
Stronger
Pain
Back
Come
Make
Going
What you did, nobody wants to know about it, unless you did something exciting.
Clarence Clemons
You
Unless
About
Something
Exciting
Nobody
Know
Did
Wants
I visualize what I do before I do it. Visualizing makes me better.
Clarence Clemons
Me
Better
Before
Visualize
Visualizing
Makes
There'll be no oiling up with this band. The oil has been there for years and it only gets better.
Clarence Clemons
Better
Band
Has-Been
Only
Been
Years
Up
Gets
Oil
I look forward to working out every day.
Clarence Clemons
Day
Every Day
Every
Out
Look
Working
Forward
The word spiritual, not the word religious, is the key.
Clarence Clemons
Spiritual
Key
Word
Religious
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.
Clarence Clemons
Good
You
Better
Seriously
Job
Sax
Way
Must
Shape
Take
Better Shape
Rock
Rock And Roll
Condition
Very
Roll
Harder
Player
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
Life
You
Matter
First
Important
Once
Easier
Recognized
Purpose
True
Putting
Most
Becomes
Much
Your
Choosing
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.
Clarence Clemons
Me
Older
Sax
Tell
Responsible
Admired
Some
Had
Over
Am
Years
Them
Much
Now
Players
Playing
Number
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.
Clarence Clemons
Music
Somewhere
Separation
Along
Know
Rock
Rock-N-Roll
Line
Up
Did
Roll
Grew
Happen
Happened
Why
When I walk on stage, it's the 'healing floor.' No matter how bad I'm hurting, I get out there and do it.
Clarence Clemons
Healing
Matter
Walk
Stage
Out
Bad
Hurting
How
Get
Floor
I grew up with a very religious background.
Clarence Clemons
Background
Religious
Up
Very
Grew
As long as my mouth, hands, and brain still work, I'll be out there doing it. I'm going to keep going 'til I'm not there anymore. This is what's keeping me alive and feeling young and inspired.
Clarence Clemons
Work
Me
Long
Feeling
Mouth
Young
Alive
Out
Inspired
Still
Doing
Brain
Hands
Going
Anymore
Keep
Keep Going
Keeping
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
Education
Music
College
Public Schools
Programs
Kids
City
Percent
More
Budget
Budget Cuts
Most
Schools
Instrument
Go
Education Programs
Continue
Hit
Than
Public
Them
Cuts
Hard
Who
Play
Inner
Inner City
Need
To me, the sax is rock n' roll, even though electric guitars kind of pushed it aside for a while.
Clarence Clemons
Me
Sax
Though
Kind
Guitars
Pushed
Rock
Rock-N-Roll
Roll
While
Aside
Electric
Even
It used to take a day to get over the partying. But I don't party anymore. I don't miss it, either.
Clarence Clemons
Day
Party
Take
Miss
Over
Partying
Get
Anymore
Either
Used
Nobody played instruments in my family. My father got that bug and said he wants his son to play saxophone.
Clarence Clemons
Family
Son
Father
Saxophone
He
Nobody
Bug
Instruments
Said
Got
His
Wants
Play
Played
I've been thinking about a cookbook. I've been making notes and promising myself I'll do it some day. I have an idea for a cookbook and music together.
Clarence Clemons
Music
Myself
Day
Together
Thinking
Promising
Some
About
Idea
Making
Been
Notes
Cookbook
It's a crazy world, so I meditate for 20 minutes. I also meditate for 20 minutes before a concert.
Clarence Clemons
Crazy
World
Before
Crazy World
Minutes
Also
Concert
Meditate
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.
Clarence Clemons
Life
You
Man
Joy
My Life
Saved
Cried
Says
Hall
Felt
Heard
Fame
Fan
Again
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
Time
Memory
Big
Our
Kick
Hung
Out
About
Area
Morgan
Football
Like
Lot
Baltimore
Forget
Big Thing
Biggest
Against
Really
Used
Thing
Playing
I've been pretty blessed. Sometimes it comes in disguise.
Clarence Clemons
Sometimes
Disguise
Blessed
Pretty
Been
The age thing is just a number.
Clarence Clemons
Age
Just
Thing
Number
I'm always in the market for my acting.
Clarence Clemons
Market
Always
Acting
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