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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.
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
Autlán
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana
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I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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Angels cry because they want to experience what you and I feel: the moment. They live in eternity. They dont know what it is like to read a newspaper and get ink on your fingers. They dont know what it is like to take your shoes off and wiggle your toes under the dinner table.
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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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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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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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