I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
CARLOS SANTANAThere’s a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
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There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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I have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that’s okay. That just comes from the blues, which is my background. But every day you wake up and transcend. You can’t ever rest on your laurels.
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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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Your mind is a magnet. You don’t attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
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The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It’s more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.
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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
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You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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You meditate and you got the candles, you got the incense and you’ve been chanting, and all of a sudden you hear this voice: ‘Write this down’
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time.
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You cannot behave appropriately, unless you perceive correctly. Once you perceive you are a beam of Light, that comes from the mind of God, you will carry yourself differently.
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