Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
CARLOS SANTANASurrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
CARLOS SANTANAEverybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
CARLOS SANTANAThe worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
CARLOS SANTANAWhen my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days – thats a long time for me.
CARLOS SANTANAI 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.
CARLOS SANTANAThere is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
CARLOS SANTANAAll music is important if it comes from the heart.
CARLOS SANTANAThere is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war. As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets.
CARLOS SANTANAWhen you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
CARLOS SANTANAIf 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 SANTANAThere’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
CARLOS SANTANAThere is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
CARLOS SANTANAPeace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
CARLOS SANTANAA lot of people said to me, ‘Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!’
CARLOS SANTANAThe concept is to weave in some emotion.
CARLOS SANTANASome songs are just like tattoos for your brain… you hear them and they’re affixed to you.
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