When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
CARLOS SANTANAMy job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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Your wrinkles either show that you’re nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you’re always smiling.
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If You’re going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in town. And if You’re going to play the guitar, really, really, really get in it, and don’t be jivin’.
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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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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain… you hear them and they’re affixed to you.
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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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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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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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I’m ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I’m really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
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You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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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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The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
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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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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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