I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
CARLOS SANTANALive up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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I’m laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing.
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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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There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.
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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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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
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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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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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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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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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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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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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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