I am here to give voice to the invisible.
CARLOS SANTANAEver 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.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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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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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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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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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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 music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It’s more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.
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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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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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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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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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The best part of touring, still, is touching people’s hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.
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First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
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