When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.
CARLOS SANTANAThere’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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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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Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.
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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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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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One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart.
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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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I have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that’s okay. That just comes from the blues, which is my background. But every day you wake up and transcend. You can’t ever rest on your laurels.
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There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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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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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!
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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.
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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