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 SANTANAI knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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.
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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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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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Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.
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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 no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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Your mind is a magnet. You don’t attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
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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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Most people don’t have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
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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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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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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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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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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.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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