You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
CARLOS SANTANA
Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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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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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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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.
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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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Your wrinkles either show that you’re nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you’re always smiling.
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When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.
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The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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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.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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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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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.
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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
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