There is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war. As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets.
CARLOS SANTANAI am here to give voice to the invisible.
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There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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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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Bring the brothers home, and sisters home now. Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education. You will see a transformation in America.
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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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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
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Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
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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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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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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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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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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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