There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
CARLOS SANTANAIf you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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There’s a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
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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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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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I am becoming the people I love.
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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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Every day you wake up is an opportunity to go beyond, and that ‘s why I let my band go right now. For the first time in my life I’m just roaming around, vagabonding.
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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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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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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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I don’t eat meat because meat brings out negative qualities such as fear, anger, anxiety, aggressiveness, etc. Vegetables peacefully offer themselves to the earth when ripe, thus allowing a sublime and peaceful thought-consciousness.
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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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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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