A lot of people said to me, ‘Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!’
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’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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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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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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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
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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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I am becoming the people I love.
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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 worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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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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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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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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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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