I know I’m not the kind of person who’s gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock ‘n’ roll artists. They just play their hits and that’s it. That doesn’t appeal to me.
CARLOS SANTANAEverything 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.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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If You’re going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in town. And if You’re going to play the guitar, really, really, really get in it, and don’t be jivin’.
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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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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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If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that’s what it’s all about.
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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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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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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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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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Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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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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I am becoming the people I love.
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The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
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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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