Your mind is a magnet. You don’t attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
CARLOS SANTANAI think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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.
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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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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart.
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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.
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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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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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Most people don’t have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
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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.
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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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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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There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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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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When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days – thats a long time for me.
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