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.
CARLOS SANTANAYou’re always cursing, you’re always praying and you’re always making love. It ain’t do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, ‘Oh man, this is the stuff.’ It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
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There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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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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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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You’re always cursing, you’re always praying and you’re always making love. It ain’t do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.
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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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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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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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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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If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that’s what it’s all about.
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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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