There’s a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
CARLOS SANTANAThere is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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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A lot of people said to me, ‘Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!’
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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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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Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, ‘Oh man, this is the stuff.’ It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
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I would invite all Latin people to do nothing for about two weeks so you can see who really, really is running the economy I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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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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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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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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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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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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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.
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I am becoming the people I love.
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