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Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It's a decision.

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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Destination
Decision
Happiness

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I grew up in the sixties watching B.B. King and Tito Puente and Miles Davis and Coltrane, everybody, Marvin Gaye, Jimi. And at the same time, with my left eye I was watching Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Mother Teresa.
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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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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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Disposicion a transformacion personal es clave para Iluminacion Global.
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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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The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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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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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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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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Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.
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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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There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
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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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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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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 am here to give voice to the invisible.
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He just seems as cool as ever. I can smell him. Even on the other side, there is smell. Like, when babies are born, there's two smells-one is chicken soup, which is the flesh, and the other is lilacs, which is coming from the spiritual garden. The spirit has a lilac smell.
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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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