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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.

Carlos Santana

One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart.
CARLOS SANTANA

Border Boundary Future Heart Peace Tolerance
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Lyrics Player Simplicity Transcendence Wake Up Yourself
There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
CARLOS SANTANA

Beautiful Miracle Nature Sunrise
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Cry Honesty Laughter Life Music Myself People Spiritual
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Honesty Love Man Myself Rebel Sound
Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.
CARLOS SANTANA

Fear Grace Live Walk Way Yourself
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Concept Fake Musician Myself Play
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Attraction Children Myself Ocean Wind
There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
CARLOS SANTANA

Enthusiasm Feeling Planet
The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
CARLOS SANTANA

Growth Life Worst Yourself
Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
CARLOS SANTANA

Chord Disappear Gravity Note Surrender Yourself
First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
CARLOS SANTANA

Black Credit Music People
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Invisible Invitation Myself Run Voice
When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days – thats a long time for me.
CARLOS SANTANA

Father Listening Music Myself Pass Time
The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
CARLOS SANTANA

Assignment Guitar Imagination Wings Yourself
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’.
CARLOS SANTANA

Floor Guitar Play Yourself

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