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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.

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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Musician
Cashing
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Blues
Shows
African
Every
Concept
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False
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Jazz

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Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
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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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My dad's a beautiful man, but like a lot of Mexican men, or men in general, a lot of men have a problem with the balance of masculinity and femininity - intuition and compassion and tenderness - and get overboard with the macho thing. It took him a while to become more, I would say, conscious, evolved.
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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.
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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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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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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than 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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...you meditate and you got the candles, you got the incense and you've been chanting, and all of a sudden you hear this voice: 'Write this down'
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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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Music rearranges your molecular structure.
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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.
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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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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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The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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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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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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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
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Bring the brothers home, and sisters home now. Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education. You will see a transformation in America.
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