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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.

Carlos Santana

A lot of people said to me, ‘Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!’
CARLOS SANTANA

Enough Guitar People Play
First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
CARLOS SANTANA

Black Credit Music People
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
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
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
Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
CARLOS SANTANA

Drop Illusion Luggage
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Cry Honesty Laughter Life Music Myself People Spiritual
Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
CARLOS SANTANA

Decision Destination Experience Happiness
The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
CARLOS SANTANA

People Shame Yourself
People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
CARLOS SANTANA

Flower Hose Musician People
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Attraction Children Myself Ocean Wind
The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
CARLOS SANTANA

Assignment Guitar Imagination Wings Yourself
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
The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
CARLOS SANTANA

Devil Dirt Gold Separate
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
Music rearranges your molecular structure.
CARLOS SANTANA

Arrangement Music Structure Yourself

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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