Clarence Clemons Quotes

The best thing about the E Street Band was we had the best lead singer around.

Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll band. I would say that at least 80 percent of my energy was involved with whatever band I was involved in.

Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.

I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old.

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a Mozart of rock music.

I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.

I'd love to be in Paul McCartney's shoes for a day. I'd love to pick up a guitar and write songs like he does. Or to experience what it might have been like to be a Beatle for a day.

The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

I wanted to be in a rock band. That's all I ever wanted to do.

He might have been in Led Zeppelin, but to me he was just dad.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were really great. I saw them live in the '90s; they were really, really good. The music is great, and the musicians are amazing.

Sometimes I just wish I played in a band like Foo Fighters.

I saw Led Zeppelin live for the first time when I was thirteen.

Yeah, of course, there's always gonna be people with their own opinions about a female in rock music and men in rock music, but at the end of the day, it's just about being a good musician.

I want to show everyone what a good rock 'n' roll band we can be.

I feel that it was my destiny to play with Led Zeppelin, and of course I had the chance and I did it to my best ability.

It's actually not that hard to play guitar in a rock band.

Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band they deserve the kind of success they're getting.

I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

Find myself a rock and roll band, that needs a helping hand.

My first impression of Van Halen was that David Lee Roth was a god, and that so was Eddie.

The best band in the world is Queen, definitely.

We toured with Deep Purple a number of times.

I had a couple of years of rebellion - I was singing in a rock band.