93 Quotes by Clarence Clemons

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    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.

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    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.'

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    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.

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    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.

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    The first time I ever saw a black audience at our concert, we were in Zimbabwe.

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    When I walk on stage, it's the 'healing floor.' No matter how bad I'm hurting, I get out there and do it.

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

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