There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
CARLOS SANTANAI 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.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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 am becoming the people I love.
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You cannot behave appropriately, unless you perceive correctly. Once you perceive you are a beam of Light, that comes from the mind of God, you will carry yourself differently.
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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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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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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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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.
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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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Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
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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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There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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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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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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