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 SANTANAI 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.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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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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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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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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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There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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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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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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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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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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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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Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
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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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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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