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. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 1
If you can please people's hearts in Africa and Japan, then you're part of the world's family... not a tourist. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
When I hit that note - if I hit it correctly - I'm just as important as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, or anybody. Because when I hit that note, I hit the umbilical cord of anybody who is listening. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
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. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
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. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
Every musician who participated was on the same wavelength and artistic energy as I was... Supernatural is a beautiful example of synchronicity... making it was a truly glorious experience. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
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 More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
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. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
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. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
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. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
My role is to complement. It's nothing new. I've been doing this since 1968. I am very perceptive; I am a very secure person. So therefore, it's easy for me just to step back and complement. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
We want to extend an invitation to healing, ... Turn off CNN and turn on the light in your own heart. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
capturing the sound -- to be soulful, sincere, simple, be true to the motives of honoring the music. And that's all I concentrated on. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
My memoir is completely not a rock 'n' roll wife's memoir. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
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. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
I would have had to have a ghost writer because I don't have that gift, ... She has the gift to sit down with a pen, and, as the reader, you can smell the house, taste the food, feel the lips when you get a kiss. I salute her. I always knew she could do it, and I am glad that she is in it now. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
His main voice, when he's like an eagle taking off, is the piano. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
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. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
He has a deep awareness of music like (Thelonious) Monk, Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock and Wayne (Shorter). Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
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. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0
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. Carlos Santana More Carlos Santana Quotes 0