First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
CARLOS SANTANAI have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that’s okay. That just comes from the blues, which is my background. But every day you wake up and transcend. You can’t ever rest on your laurels.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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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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There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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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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Your wrinkles either show that you’re nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you’re always smiling.
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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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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
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I am becoming the people I love.
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You’re always cursing, you’re always praying and you’re always making love. It ain’t do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.
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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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