Carlos Santana Quotes (38 Quotes)

Just as we have two eyes and two feet, duality is part of life.

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.

I'll say, 'This is true, but my dad wears a size 9 and I wear a size 15. I have my own shoes to fill and I'm sure my pops can fill his own shoes.' It's not about following in his footsteps but taking an inspiration from him and following my own path.

This book reaffirms the musicians' efforts and creates more awareness,

It's time for people to realize that we are all mixed up inside. That is why there is so much diversity on my records. I can relate to so many cultures and I want that to be reflected in my music.

We want to extend an invitation to healing, ... Turn off CNN and turn on the light in your own heart.

When I work with the youngsters, I try to see them in the way that Wayne Shorter sees me, ... It puts things in order. There is a respect and admiration I feel for people like Wayne or Herbie (Hancock). And there is a respect that people like Kirk (Hammett) feels for me. There is a respect that our children will feel for them also.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

When you are writing, you have to go for the jugular, ... You have to write what's true. I really believe in telling the truth. I don't feel any blame, guilt, shame or anger for the things I've lived in my life. In that way I think I am free. If I felt guilty about the things I did, I wouldn't have had the book published.

The honeymoon is not over with Clive. We met in '69. I don't have any expectations with him, and he doesn't have any with me. He knows that I have a willingness and I'm open to complement whatever he puts in front of me. And if I can't play it, I will tell him before he gets too far with the song.

That's a good question. I say it every day in interviews and when I'm on stage, and people say, how come he doesn't just play and be quiet You have a Fox network that says celebrities shouldn't have opinions.

I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.

The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.

They say it was the career of a priest, ... But I don't regret having spent so much time dedicated to studying the visual arts.

I see Marti as a god for the greatness of his heart and his distinction between good vs. evil. He had the intelligence of 1,000 men in his one brain, ... I want to cross the streets he crossed. That's why I'm here. I can hear the steps of Marti.

The producer had to stop recording and wait for me to compose myself, ... There are quite a few places in my memoir that I don't read again and don't read out loud at appearances. It's interesting. You can write it down and even work with it in writing, but speaking your words out into the world has a different kind of power.

If you can please people's hearts in Africa and Japan, then you're part of the world's family... not a tourist.

a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.

Obviously she saw something that was workable to get past all the other stuff, ... I feel very honored and very grateful to be her friend and her partner.

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.

Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you.

He (understood) from a child the simplicity of complex music and the complexity of simple music. He has something that I don't have, which is perfect pitch. He knows what key everything is by hearing it once.

Realize that when you get older, you either get senile or become gracious. There's no in-between. You become senile when you think the world short-changed you, or everybody wakes up to screw you. You become gracious when you realize that you have something the world needs, and people are happy to see you when you come into the room.

Life, at least with us, doesn't need to fall like a military drill. The way we do things, we don't need windows and doors and ceilings. Things just happen when they happen.

It has to be discovered, and they have to be given the chance to unleash the beauty that God has given them, the potential that's bottled up inside.

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.

capturing the sound -- to be soulful, sincere, simple, be true to the motives of honoring the music. And that's all I concentrated on.

When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didn't listen to music for four days - that's a long time for me.

It is an honor to be here and to be of service with our music.

His main voice, when he's like an eagle taking off, is the piano.

My wife invited me to consider working with Mr. Clive Davis. I said yes, he said yes, here we are,

Angels cry because they want to experience what you and I feel the moment. They live in eternity. They don't know what it is like to read a newspaper and get ink on your fingers. They don't know what it is like to take your shoes off and wiggle your toes under the dinner table.

I think of music as a menu. I can't eat the same thing every day.

Our information from the scene is that there were no survivors.

My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.

Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.

If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.

First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.