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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.

Carlos Santana

A lot of people said to me, ‘Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!’
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Enough Guitar People Play
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Connection Heart Language Music
Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.
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Bar Compliment Life Music Religion Yourself
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Behavior Carry Correct Different God Light Mindset Yourself
Blues 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.
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Honesty Love Man Myself Rebel Sound
I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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Invisible Myself Space Voice
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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Flower Important Music Notes Place Value
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 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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Best Emotion Heart Myself People Sound Touch
Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.
CARLOS SANTANA

Fear Grace Live Walk Way Yourself
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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Challenge History Move Musician Spiritual
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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Beginning Future Live Past People Prison
There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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Difference Greatness Reward Work World
There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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Healing Love Person Save Soul
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
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Enthusiastic Heart Inspirational Planet Stay Yourself

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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