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.
CARLOS SANTANAThere is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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No one’s better than me. I’m not better than anyone. Whether it’s Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days – thats a long time for me.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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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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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Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain… you hear them and they’re affixed to you.
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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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I don’t eat meat because meat brings out negative qualities such as fear, anger, anxiety, aggressiveness, etc. Vegetables peacefully offer themselves to the earth when ripe, thus allowing a sublime and peaceful thought-consciousness.
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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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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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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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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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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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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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