I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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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Your mind is a magnet. You don’t attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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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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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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A lot of people said to me, ‘Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!’
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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 is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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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 worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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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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No one’s better than me. I’m not better than anyone. Whether it’s Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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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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