There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
CARLOS SANTANABlues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, ‘Oh man, this is the stuff.’ It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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I don’t eat meat because meat brings out negative qualities such as fear, anger, anxiety, aggressiveness, etc. Vegetables peacefully offer themselves to the earth when ripe, thus allowing a sublime and peaceful thought-consciousness.
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The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It’s more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.
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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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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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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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There is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war. As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets.
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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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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.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
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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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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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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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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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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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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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The best part of touring, still, is touching people’s hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.
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I’m ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I’m really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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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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