The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
CARLOS SANTANAWhen you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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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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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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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There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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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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Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain… you hear them and they’re affixed to you.
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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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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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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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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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If you stay in your heart you will always be inspired and if you are inspired you will always be enthusiastic. There is nothing more contagious on this planet as enthusiasm.
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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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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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