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.
CARLOS SANTANAFirst 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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There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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The best part of touring, still, is touching people’s hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.
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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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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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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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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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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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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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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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One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart.
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A lot of people said to me, ‘Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!’
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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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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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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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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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