The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
CARLOS SANTANAIf 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.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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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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Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain… you hear them and they’re affixed to you.
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Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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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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I am becoming the people I love.
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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
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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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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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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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Your wrinkles either show that you’re nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you’re always smiling.
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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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My 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.
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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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If you stay in your heart you will always be inspired and if you are inspired you will always be enthusiastic. There is nothing more contagious on this planet as enthusiasm.
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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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I’m laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing.
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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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Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, ‘Oh man, this is the stuff.’ It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
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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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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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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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The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It’s more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.
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