Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain… you hear them and they’re affixed to you.
CARLOS SANTANAIf 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’.
More Carlos Santana Quotes
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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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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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I am becoming the people I love.
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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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Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, ‘Oh man, this is the stuff.’ It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
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Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.
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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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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.
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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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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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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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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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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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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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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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 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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All music is important if it comes from the heart.
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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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People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose.
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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It’s a decision.
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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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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’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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