When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days – thats a long time for me.
CARLOS SANTANAWhen my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days – thats a long time for me.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that’s what it’s all about.
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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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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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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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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.
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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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Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.
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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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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!
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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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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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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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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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