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.
CARLOS SANTANAYou are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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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.
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The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
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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.
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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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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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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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I would invite all Latin people to do nothing for about two weeks so you can see who really, really is running the economy I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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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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Ever since I was a child I’ve always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there’s always a melody in there.
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You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
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