I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
CARLOS SANTANAI’m ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I’m really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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I’m laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing.
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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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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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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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There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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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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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
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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.
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You’re always cursing, you’re always praying and you’re always making love. It ain’t do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.
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No one’s better than me. I’m not better than anyone. Whether it’s Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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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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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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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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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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