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.
CARLOS SANTANAThe people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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Your mind is a magnet. You don’t attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
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If You’re going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in town. And if You’re going to play the guitar, really, really, really get in it, and don’t be jivin’.
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I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It’s not like I’m cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.
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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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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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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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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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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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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
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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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