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.
CARLOS SANTANAMusic rearranges your molecular structure.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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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’.
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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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I am becoming the people I love.
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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’
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You’ve got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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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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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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Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain… you hear them and they’re affixed to you.
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Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you’re part of the solution.
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The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
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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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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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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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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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