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.
CARLOS SANTANASome musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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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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 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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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.
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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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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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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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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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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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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you’re part of the solution.
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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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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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Most people don’t have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
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