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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.

Carlos Santana

First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
CARLOS SANTANA

Black Credit Music People
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 SANTANA

Appeal Artist Kind Myself Person Walk
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
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
I am becoming the people I love.
CARLOS SANTANA

Deep Love Myself People Transformation
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.
CARLOS SANTANA

Flower Important Music Notes Place Value
Bring the brothers home, and sisters home now. Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education. You will see a transformation in America.
CARLOS SANTANA

Brother Country Home Legal Money Sister Transformation
If You’re going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in town. And if You’re going to play the guitar, really, really, really get in it, and don’t be jivin’.
CARLOS SANTANA

Floor Guitar Play Yourself
There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
CARLOS SANTANA

Difference Greatness Reward Work World
You meditate and you got the candles, you got the incense and you’ve been chanting, and all of a sudden you hear this voice: ‘Write this down’
CARLOS SANTANA

Candle Meditation Voice Writing Yourself
All music is important if it comes from the heart.
CARLOS SANTANA

Heart Important Music
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 SANTANA

Enough Guitar People Play
When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
CARLOS SANTANA

Appearance Beyond Heart Yourself
My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
CARLOS SANTANA

Cry Honesty Laughter Life Music Myself People Spiritual
Music rearranges your molecular structure.
CARLOS SANTANA

Arrangement Music Structure Yourself
People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
CARLOS SANTANA

Flower Hose Musician People

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