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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.

Carlos Santana

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Carlos Santana
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 20
Composer
Jazz Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Autlán
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana
Luggage
Baggage
Illusions
Sooner
Drop
Illusion
Later
Everybody

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