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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.

Carlos Santana

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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Challenge History Move Musician Spiritual
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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Existence Home Laughter Life Myself Secret Validate Value
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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Invisible Invitation Myself Run Voice
There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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Difference Greatness Reward Work World
I am becoming the people I love.
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Deep Love Myself People Transformation
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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Black Credit Music People
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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Bar Compliment Life Music Religion Yourself
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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Curse Love Myself Prayer
Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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Chord Disappear Gravity Note Surrender Yourself
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Instrument Music Myself Realization Time
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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Food Garden Small Smell Spiritual
You cannot behave appropriately, unless you perceive correctly. Once you perceive you are a beam of Light, that comes from the mind of God, you will carry yourself differently.
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Behavior Carry Correct Different God Light Mindset Yourself
The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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Growth Life Worst Yourself
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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Angry Battle Field Problem Solution Yourself
If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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Carry Healing Heart Moments Yourself
Most people don’t have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
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Bad Break Habit People Talk Victim Willing

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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