I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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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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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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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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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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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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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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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 carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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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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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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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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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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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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