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 SANTANAThe concept is to weave in some emotion.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days – thats a long time for me.
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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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There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
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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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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time.
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