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.
CARLOS SANTANAYour wrinkles either show that you’re nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you’re always smiling.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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There is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war. As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets.
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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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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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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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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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Every day you wake up is an opportunity to go beyond, and that ‘s why I let my band go right now. For the first time in my life I’m just roaming around, vagabonding.
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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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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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