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 SANTANAThe concept is to weave in some emotion.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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.
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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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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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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
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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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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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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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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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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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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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You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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