Most people don’t have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
CARLOS SANTANAThe Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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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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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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I am becoming the people I love.
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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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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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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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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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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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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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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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