When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
CARLOS SANTANAEver since I was a child I’ve always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there’s always a melody in there.
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I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
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Your wrinkles either show that you’re nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you’re always smiling.
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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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A lot of people said to me, ‘Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!’
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You’re always cursing, you’re always praying and you’re always making love. It ain’t do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.
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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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I’m laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing.
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I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you’re part of the solution.
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Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain… you hear them and they’re affixed to you.
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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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I would invite all Latin people to do nothing for about two weeks so you can see who really, really is running the economy I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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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