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.
CARLOS SANTANAIf you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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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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 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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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.
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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
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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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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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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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The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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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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The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
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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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Your wrinkles either show that you’re nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you’re always smiling.
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