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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.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana 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.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana 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.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana No one’s better than me. I’m not better than anyone. Whether it’s Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana The concept is to weave in some emotion.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana If you stay in your heart you will always be inspired and if you are inspired you will always be enthusiastic. There is nothing more contagious on this planet as enthusiasm.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana 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’
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana Most people don’t have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana
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Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
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Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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