Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
CARLOS SANTANAI 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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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.
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The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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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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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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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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I know I’m not the kind of person who’s gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock ‘n’ roll artists. They just play their hits and that’s it. That doesn’t appeal to me.
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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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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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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 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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The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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