When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.
CARLOS SANTANAI’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.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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I don’t eat meat because meat brings out negative qualities such as fear, anger, anxiety, aggressiveness, etc. Vegetables peacefully offer themselves to the earth when ripe, thus allowing a sublime and peaceful thought-consciousness.
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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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The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It’s more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.
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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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Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain… you hear them and they’re affixed to you.
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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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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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I’m ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I’m really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
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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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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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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 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 think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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