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The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.

Carlos Santana

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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Curse Love Myself Prayer
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’.
CARLOS SANTANA

Floor Guitar Play Yourself
I’m ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I’m really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
CARLOS SANTANA

Gratitude Myself Possible Ready
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Angry Battle Field Problem Solution Yourself
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 SANTANA

Appeal Artist Kind Myself Person Walk
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 SANTANA

Challenge History Move Musician Spiritual
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 SANTANA

Enthusiastic Heart Inspirational Planet Stay Yourself
You cannot behave appropriately, unless you perceive correctly. Once you perceive you are a beam of Light, that comes from the mind of God, you will carry yourself differently.
CARLOS SANTANA

Behavior Carry Correct Different God Light Mindset Yourself
The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It’s more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.
CARLOS SANTANA

Guitar Inspirational Music People Possible Wake Up
If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
CARLOS SANTANA

Meditation Need People Success Yourself
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 SANTANA

Lyrics Player Simplicity Transcendence Wake Up Yourself
I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
CARLOS SANTANA

Demon Myself Weakness
Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, ‘Oh man, this is the stuff.’ It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
CARLOS SANTANA

Honesty Love Man Myself Rebel Sound
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 SANTANA

Candle Meditation Voice Writing Yourself
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Beginning Future Live Past People Prison
People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
CARLOS SANTANA

Flower Hose Musician People

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