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

Clarence Clemons

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Clarence Clemons
Age: 69 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 11
Died: 2011
Died: June 18
Actor
American Football Player
Musician
Saxophonist
Television Actor
Norfolk
Virginia
Big Man
Prefer
Playing
Read
Music
Heart

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