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There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.

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
Contagious
Enthusiasm
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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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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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When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.
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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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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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Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.
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KISS is Las Vegas entertainment. A musician doesn't need the mask.
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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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I have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that's okay. That just comes from the blues, which is my background. But every day you wake up and transcend. You can't ever rest on your laurels.
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If You're going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in town. And if You're going to play the guitar, really, really, really get in it, and don't be jivin'.
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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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You've got to change your evil ways, baby, before I start loving you.
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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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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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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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There is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war. As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets.
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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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I think of music as a menu. I can't eat the same thing every day.
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A lot of people said to me, 'Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!'
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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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