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.
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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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 am becoming the people I love.
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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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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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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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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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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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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 people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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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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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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There’s a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
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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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