No one’s better than me. I’m not better than anyone. Whether it’s Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
CARLOS SANTANAIf 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’.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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If you stay in your heart you will always be inspired and if you are inspired you will always be enthusiastic. There is nothing more contagious on this planet as enthusiasm.
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I am becoming the people I love.
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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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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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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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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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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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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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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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I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
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