Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
CARLOS SANTANAI am here to give voice to the invisible.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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 nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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I am becoming the people I love.
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days – thats a long time for me.
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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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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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Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.
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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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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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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’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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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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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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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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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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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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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 wrinkles either show that you’re nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you’re always smiling.
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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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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’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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