Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
CARLOS SANTANAI have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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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I am becoming the people I love.
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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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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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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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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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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 have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
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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 am here to give voice to the invisible.
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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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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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