The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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.
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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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I am becoming the people I love.
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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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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 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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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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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 more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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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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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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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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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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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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