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I am becoming the people I love.

Carlos Santana

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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Border Boundary Future Heart Peace Tolerance
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Lyrics Player Simplicity Transcendence Wake Up Yourself
There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
CARLOS SANTANA

Divine Light Live Yourself
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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Instrument Music Myself Realization Time
Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Drop Illusion Luggage
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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Beyond Myself Opportunity Roam Time Wake Up
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 SANTANA

Concept Fake Musician Myself Play
Ever since I was a child I’ve always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there’s always a melody in there.
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Attraction Children Myself Ocean Wind
When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days – thats a long time for me.
CARLOS SANTANA

Father Listening Music Myself Pass Time
I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
CARLOS SANTANA

Dimension Feeling Harmony Healing Love Myself Present Wisdom
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!
CARLOS SANTANA

Attraction Love Magnet Mindset Myself
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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Connection Heart Language Music
Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
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Man Miracle Music Note Time
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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Behavior Carry Correct Different God Light Mindset Yourself
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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Invisible Invitation Myself Run Voice
The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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Concept Emotion Weave

I am becoming the people I love.

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