Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.
CARLOS SANTANALive up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.
CARLOS SANTANAIf 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’.
CARLOS SANTANAHappiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
CARLOS SANTANAIf you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
CARLOS SANTANAThe guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
CARLOS SANTANASome musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
CARLOS SANTANAThe music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It’s more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.
CARLOS SANTANAMy 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 SANTANAYou are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
CARLOS SANTANAThere’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.
CARLOS SANTANAEvery 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.
CARLOS SANTANAMusic rearranges your molecular structure.
CARLOS SANTANAAll music is important if it comes from the heart.
CARLOS SANTANAWhen my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days – thats a long time for me.
CARLOS SANTANAI 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.
CARLOS SANTANAWhen you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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