I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
CARLOS SANTANAYour 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!
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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.
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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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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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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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There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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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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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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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.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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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Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
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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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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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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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The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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