Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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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You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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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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I know I’m not the kind of person who’s gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock ‘n’ roll artists. They just play their hits and that’s it. That doesn’t appeal to me.
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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.
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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Ever since I was a child I’ve always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there’s always a melody in there.
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Bring the brothers home, and sisters home now. Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education. You will see a transformation in America.
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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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The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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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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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 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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