The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
CARLOS SANTANASome musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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.
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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Bring the brothers home, and sisters home now. Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education. You will see a transformation in America.
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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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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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The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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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’.
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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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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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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 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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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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