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The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It's more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.

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
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Hendrix
Dreaming
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Hero
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Wakes

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I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.
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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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Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.
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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears...wi th one chord
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When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.
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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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I invite you, wholeheartedly, to read books that remind you of your highest self and emancipate you from mental slavery or false beliefs and illusions. The more you invest in attracting books that resonate with the frequency of your true self, the more light you will bring to the world.
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