Carlos Santana Professions : Musician Born : July 20, 1947 Browse All Authors Top 85 quotes by Carlos Santana The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. Carlos Santana powerful heart peace One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart Carlos Santana one-day heart country Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It's a decision. Carlos Santana destination decision The guitar is your first wings. It's assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination. Carlos Santana guitar inspiring funny There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light. Carlos Santana divinity dna light Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you're part of the solution. Carlos Santana fighting problem joy 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. Carlos Santana people past thinking Music rearranges your molecular structure. Carlos Santana structure music Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can't have it both ways. Carlos Santana conviction grace way There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world. Carlos Santana making-a-difference differences heart 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. Carlos Santana dance spiritual jobs If you stay in your heart you will always be inspired and if you are inspired you will always be enthusiastic. There is nothing more contagious on this planet as enthusiasm. Carlos Santana inspired enthusiasm heart 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. Carlos Santana guy example children Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner. Carlos Santana real inspirational people I think of music as a menu. I can't eat the same thing every day. Carlos Santana menus i-can thinking I don’t eat meat because meat brings out negative qualities such as fear, anger, anxiety, aggressiveness, etc. Vegetables peacefully offer themselves to the earth when ripe, thus allowing a sublime and peaceful thought-conscio usness Carlos Santana peaceful anxiety vegetables Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling. Carlos Santana wrinkles smile funny We are capable of creating miracles ourselves and the greatest miracle is to create a masterpiece of joy out of your life with no excuses. The thing I focus on is going straight to heart. I go to mine first because if I don't feel it, you're not going to feel it. I take a deep breath and remind myself that before I give it to you I have to give it to myself. Carlos Santana creating heart giving The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them. Carlos Santana patient choices giving 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. Carlos Santana ocean wind children Similar Authors Adam Jones musician Izzy Stradlin musician Bon Scott musician Brad Delp musician Brad Delson musician Brian Eno musician All Authors
