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.
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’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 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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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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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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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
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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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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 guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
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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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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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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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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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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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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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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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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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There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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I 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.
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