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.
CARLOS SANTANAMost people don’t have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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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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Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain… you hear them and they’re affixed to you.
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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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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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There’s a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
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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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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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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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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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The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
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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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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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