Top 85 Quotes & Sayings by Clarence Clemons - Page 2

Tell-all books are boring.

I'm a Gaga-ite.

I never thought I'd be a, quote, 'rock & roll star.'

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.

Everybody calls me Big Man.

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

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

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.'

When you die, we go back to the white energy of all the white energy: white heat that's flung against the sky and becomes a star.

I'm always in the market for my acting.

The night before a show, I don't sleep. Really. I've been doing this for 30 years, and the night before a show, I still don't sleep.

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

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

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

The age thing is just a number.

Asbury Park's a special place for me. It's where I really began playing.

I couldn't really trust anyone. Not completely.

Death is not just the end, it's the beginning.

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

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.

To me, music is a river. I have lived my life beside the river. Every day, I get up and look at the river. I watch it and notice when it rises and falls.

I have no agenda - just to be loved. Somebody said to me, 'Whenever somebody says your name, a smile comes to their face.' That's a great accolade. I strive to keep it that way.

Tears may come and go, But there's one thing I know. All my life you're a friend of mine. You can depend on me. I'll be fine... 'Cause you're a friend of mine.

I throw a Christmas party at my house. It's not really a Christmas party, because I don't want to call it a Christmas party. But let's just say I put a lot I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.

It's love. It's two men - two strong, very virile men - finding that space in life where they can let go enough of their masculinity to feel the passion of love and respect and trust.