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 SANTANAEvery 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.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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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.
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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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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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If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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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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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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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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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.
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I’m ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I’m really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
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The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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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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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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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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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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