People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
CARLOS SANTANAAll music is important if it comes from the heart.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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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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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
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You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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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.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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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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You meditate and you got the candles, you got the incense and you’ve been chanting, and all of a sudden you hear this voice: ‘Write this down’
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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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The best part of touring, still, is touching people’s hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.
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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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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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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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