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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’.

Carlos Santana

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
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Brother Country Home Legal Money Sister Transformation
The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
CARLOS SANTANA

Devil Dirt Gold Separate
People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
CARLOS SANTANA

Flower Hose Musician People
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
Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
CARLOS SANTANA

Divine Education Enlightenment Manner Peace Reality
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
You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
CARLOS SANTANA

Believe Miracle Realistic Yourself
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Bar Compliment Life Music Religion Yourself
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 SANTANA

Angry Battle Field Problem Solution Yourself
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Existence Home Laughter Life Myself Secret Validate Value
The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It’s more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.
CARLOS SANTANA

Guitar Inspirational Music People Possible Wake Up
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 SANTANA

Connection Heart Language Music
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Curse Love Myself Prayer
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
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

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