The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It’s more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.
CARLOS SANTANAThere 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.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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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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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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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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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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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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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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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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The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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