Carlos Santana Quotes

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.

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.

A lot of people said to me, ‘Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!’

If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.

When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days – thats a long time for me.

I think of music as a menu. I can’t eat the same thing every day.

All music is important if it comes from the heart.