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.
CARLOS SANTANAThe best part of touring, still, is touching people’s hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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Ever 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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The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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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.
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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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Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
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One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart.
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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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Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.
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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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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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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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I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It’s not like I’m cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.
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I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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