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 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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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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You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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There 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.
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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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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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Every day you wake up is an opportunity to go beyond, and that ‘s why I let my band go right now. For the first time in my life I’m just roaming around, vagabonding.
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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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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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First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
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Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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You’re always cursing, you’re always praying and you’re always making love. It ain’t do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.
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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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One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart.
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Your mind is a magnet. You don’t attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
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