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I'm laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing.

Carlos Santana

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Carlos Santana
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 20
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Jazz Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Carlos Augusto Alves Santana
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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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Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
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If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.
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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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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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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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KISS is Las Vegas entertainment. A musician doesn't need the mask.
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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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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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Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.
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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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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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I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
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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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No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.
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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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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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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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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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