Santana Quotes

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

All music is important if it comes from the heart. ~ Carlos Santana

I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time. ~ Carlos Santana

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. ~ Carlos Santana

How long?" Jayce's scalding breath singed the side of Wes' neck as he spoke against his skin. "Does Scotto know about you and me? Does he know I'm the one who ruined you for him and all men?"
Bastard was so full of himself. Wes remained quiet and ceased his struggles. He could breathe since Jayce's hold wasn't too tight. But his chest heaved and his groin throbbed like a mother. He hated how he responded to the slightest touch from Jayce. ~ Avril Ashton

If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment. ~ Carlos Santana

I have to drink a lot of fluids, try not to dehydrate, and keep stretching. ~ Johan Santana

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

Hinduism ... gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma, set up no single narrow path or gate of salvation; it was less a creed or cult than a continuously enlarging tradition of the God ward endeavor of the human spirit. An immense many-sided and many staged provision for a spiritual self-building and self-finding, it had some right to speak of itself by the only name it knew, the eternal religion, Santana Dharma ... ~ Sri Aurobindo

That no-hitter stuff was a long time ago; I don't think that has anything to do with it. I'm just going through a tough time. ~ Johan Santana

I feel very blessed that at a young age I was able to navigate my battle with drug and alcohol addiction, and through recovery live a sober life. There is such a stigma attached to addiction and it was hard for me to both confront and overcome it. I am very proud and grateful that with the support of family and friends, I was able to do so. ~ Cara Santana

John Coltrane is still probably one of the greatest musicians of this century. His tone truly puts demons on a leash. His gift is directly from the mind of God and is very powerful ... The first time I heard a Love Supreme, it was really an assault. It could've been from mars as far as i was concerned, or another galaxy.
I remember the album cover and the name, but the music didn't fit into the patterns of my brain at that point. It was like someone trying to tell a monkey about spirituality or computers, you know, it just didn't compute. ~ Carlos Santana

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. ~ Carlos Santana

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

As a kid, I loved to play centerfield. I loved to make diving catches. ~ Johan Santana

There's times when one play makes the whole difference, one calls makes the whole difference. And tonight it was that call. ~ Johan Santana

'Masquerade' is the autobiography of Wyclef Jean. A lot of people know me through my work with Carlos Santana or Destiny's Child, winning all those Grammy Awards, but you do not know what is going on inside me. ~ Wyclef Jean

People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose. ~ Carlos Santana

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

'It's much better to understand than to be understood,' from my mom. ~ Cara Santana

I met the Santana band when I was 14. By the time I was 15, I was a member of the band. ~ Neal Schon

The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It's more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero. ~ Carlos Santana

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. ~ Carlos Santana

There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same. ~ Carlos Santana

Those skirts are crunchy toast! Santana Lopez bent over in hers the other day, and I swear I could see her ovaries. ~ Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, And Ian Brennan

Let him grow up, Regan. Quit fighting the inevitable. For Christ's sake, Jeremy's nearly a man."

"Haven't you heard? Twenty's the new twelve."

"Only from overprotective, control-freak mothers. ~ Lisa Jackson

When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days - thats a long time for me. ~ Carlos Santana

The best part of touring, still, is touching people's hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion. ~ Carlos Santana

I know what to do when they give me the ball. I know what to do to give this team a chance to win. ~ Johan Santana

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. ~ Carlos Santana

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. ~ Carlos Santana

I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody. ~ Carlos Santana

It's good to be compared with Randy Johnson, and it's wonderful to be compared to all the best pitchers in the game. ~ Johan Santana

Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions. ~ Carlos Santana

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

I'm not a very spiritual guy when it comes to music. I remember hearing Carlos Santana say that angels helped him write his songs. And I thought, 'Really, angels?' ~ Chris Isaak

when you go through hell - your own darkest night of the soul - don't take pictures to show to your friends. ~ Carlos Santana

In 1983, after my son, Salvador, was born, I visited Cihuatlan, my dad's hometown in Mexico with my dad. I met a lady there who told me, "Carlos, I grew up with Don Jose'. (dad) We were from the same generation. I want you to know that you might be recognized around the world, but here Don Jose' is the Santana that counts." My dad just looked at me. I smiled and said, "Hey that's fine with me. ~ Carlos Santana

If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need. ~ Carlos Santana

Translating how that latter fact came to life in the studio, engineer Chuck Zwicky explained from his own observations during the recording of the album that "the way that Prince's music comes together has everything to do with how he views the individual instruments, and for example, when he's sitting down at the drums, he's derivatively thinking about Dave Gerbaldi, the drummer from Tower of Power, and that's a real fascile and funky drummer; and when he plays keyboards, he's thinking about James Brown's horn player, on one aspect; and when he's playing guitar, other elements creep in, because he loves Carlos Santana, and Jimi Hendrix, and this other guitar player named Bill Nelson, a rock guitar player from the 70s. And so these aspects all come together to make this unique sound that is Prince, and it's not rock, it's not funk, it's not jazz, it's not blues - it's just his own kind of music. I remember there was one particular moment when he started playing this keyboard line, and I'm thinking 'He can't play that, that's Gary Newman.' And at that moment, he stops the tape, and turns and looks at me and asks 'Do you like Gary Newman?' And I said 'You know, the album Replica never left my turntable in Jr. High School after my sister bought it for me. I listened to it until it wore out.' And he said 'There are people still trying to figure out what a genius he is. ~ Jake Brown

I think it is important to stay open to the world around you, so that you are constantly in a state of growth and evolution, which can only happen through inspiration. ~ Cara Santana

I don't feel my best right now, but at the same time, I'm not trying to find any excuses or anything. ~ Johan Santana

I'm a risk taker, so I have come to accept that at times I will fail. To me, that is better than not trying at all. ~ Cara Santana

life moves on so why stop it now!!! ~ Mookie Santana

When you hear from other players and they're telling you you're the best pitcher in baseball, that makes you feel really good. ~ Johan Santana

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

Music rearranges your molecular structure. ~ Carlos Santana

I enjoy working out. That is important for me. Whether it's a hike with my dog or an hour at the gym, I like to maintain an active lifestyle. ~ Cara Santana

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

I didn't want to go on the DL. I want to keep pitching and competing. They decided it's better for me to take some time off and that's what we're going to do. ~ Johan Santana

Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears ... wi th one chord ~ Carlos Santana

My dad's a beautiful man, but like a lot of Mexican men, or men in general, a lot of men have a problem with the balance of masculinity and femininity - intuition and compassion and tenderness - and get overboard with the macho thing. It took him a while to become more, I would say, conscious, evolved. ~ Carlos Santana

Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can't have it both ways. ~ Carlos Santana

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

Rock star, flier than an ostrich. ~ Juelz Santana

The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves. ~ Carlos Santana

It takes strength, man, to know when to let go of your kids, really, really let them go and trust them with the one who made them in the first place. ~ Carlos Santana

What I learned from people like Carlos Santana is that you cannot get too happy after working for five years in the industry. It takes years and years, and I learned to keep a straight head and keep on working harder and harder. ~ Wyclef Jean

When I get 13 or 14 years old, I get crazy with rock music, like, like, deeply crazy. And one of my favorite bands at that moment was, for example, like - bands like Metallica or Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and Santana, you know? And then I start to play metal, actually, when I was - at the age of 15. ~ Juanes

I got a lot of influence from my father, honestly. He'd take me in his car. I'd hear Carlos Santana. I'd hear Queen. I'd hear all these Turkish people, like, bands that he grew up listening to. He was in a band as well. ~ Action Bronson

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. ~ Carlos Santana

You're always cursing, you're always praying and you're always making love. It ain't do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do. ~ Carlos Santana

Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that ... ~ Carlos Santana

I invite you, wholeheartedly, to read books that remind you of your highest self and emancipate you from mental slavery or false beliefs and illusions. The more you invest in attracting books that resonate with the frequency of your true self, the more light you will bring to the world. ~ Carlos Santana

Failure is inevitable. If you aren't taking risks, then you won't fail. ~ Cara Santana

And as for what I've learned: be an instrument of peace. Be a gentleman at all costs. Enjoy yourself - have fun with your existence. Learn to listen to your inner voice and don't overdose on yourself. Keep your darkness in check. Let music be a healing force. Be a real musician: once you start counting money before notes, you're a full-time wannabe. Put your guitar down and go outside and take a long drink of light with your eyes. Go walk in the park and take off your shoes and socks and feel the grass under your feet and mud between your toes. Go see a baby smiling, go see a wino crawling, go see life. Feel life - all of it, as much as possible. Find a human melody, then write a song about it. Make it all come through your music. ~ Carlos Santana

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

There is no water to put out the fire. Mi canto la esperanza. - Carlos Santana "Maria Maria ~ Don Winslow

My changeup looks like a fastball, but one goes straight and the other goes away from the righthanded hitter. Sometimes it cuts by itself, and I don't know where it's going. ~ Johan Santana

I don't try for strikeouts, but batters just swing and miss. I'd exchange strikeouts for more innings. As a starter, my job is to go deep into the game. When you get strikeouts, you throw a lot of pitches and sometimes you come out early. ~ Johan Santana

You meditate and you got the candles, you got the incense and you've been chanting, and all of a sudden you hear this voice: 'Write this down' ~ Carlos Santana

I'm having fun and I'm not even trying to do much. Everything is coming together. ~ Johan Santana

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

In 1942 Cachao wrote a tune for Arcao, 'Rareza de Melitn,' with a memorable catchy tumbao. In 1957 Arcao recorded a reworking of it under the name 'Chanchullo'; and in 1962 Tito Puente reworked that into 'Oye como va,' still with that same groove. In this form, audibly the same, it powered Carlos Santana's multiplatinum 1970 cover version, close to three decades after Cachao first played it. ~ Ned Sublette

Big time players make big time plays in big time games. ~ Santana Moss

Your mind is a magnet. You don't attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am! ~ Carlos Santana

I want to give the people a lot more, and be able to perform more than just my one single and all my old songs ... ~ Juelz Santana

I mean, coming into this season I was just hoping to come back, stay healthy and help the team. ~ Johan Santana

I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing. ~ Carlos Santana

As an artist, I'm really inspired by everything around me - from travel and art, to friends and family, social voices in media and politics. I get a lot of inspiration from daily life. ~ Cara Santana

People get stuck in their stories. My advice is to end your story and begin your life. ~ Carlos Santana

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

When you play from the heart,
all of a sudden there's no gravity.
You don't feel the weight of the world,
of bills, of anything.
That's why people love it.
Your so-called insurmountable problems disappear,
and instead of problems you get possibilities. ~ Carlos Santana

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

I'm not executing my pitches. I'm not commanding my fastball, and I get behind in the count. When I try to throw strikes, I'm getting hurt. That's not the way I pitch. ~ Johan Santana

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me. ~ Carlos Santana

I respect everything H3 has already accomplished and respect everything he's trying to get done. We're building a real HOME for the Hip Hop generation complete with all the things we love to do. But it's really about creating educational opportunity and good jobs and that's where Team H3 will prove to be unbeatable. ~ Juelz Santana

The guitar is your first wings. It's assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination. ~ Carlos Santana

Dreams can come true, but you have to go for it. ~ Johan Santana

Bring the brothers home, and sisters home now. Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education. You will see a transformation in America. ~ Carlos Santana

Jimmy Carter is the embodiment of dignity, grace, and the hope for a better world - Carlos Santana ~ Yoko Ono

I tried!" She screamed, her eyes filled with raw emotion. All Sarah could do is stand there, speechless at this outburst. Sunni whirled on her heels, pacing back and forth in the narrow confines of the bedroom. "I tried as hard as I fucking could!" She continued, her voice thick with tears and heavy with anger ."I did the best I could! I loved you, no matter what. I loved every part of you, and I accepted who you were! I didn't like some parts, but you know what? It's who you fucking are! That's what you do as a partner!"

She turned on Sarah now, her finger pointed in her direction, tears spilling over as the emotion got the best of her. "I loved you through it all, and what did you do? You abandoned me. You made empty promises to me, ones that filled my heart with hope. Even in my darkest times, you made it about you. Is that who you are, Sarah?!" H

Sunni's voice dropped now, a whisper of shattered glass. "You left me, you abandoned me. Even in my greatest need, I was still there for you. And yet, you couldn't do the same for me. Why? Am I not good enough for you?"

Sarah moved to speak, her throat closing with raw emotion. Sunni shook her head, her hand up to halt Sarah. "No, don't speak. Don't lie to me. No more lies, no more bullshit. If I was enough, then why weren't you there?" She let out a laugh now, a sound that was reminiscence to raw sandpaper. "I needed you, time and time again. I was there for you, because it was my job. It was my ~ Zoe Santana

On this side of the Atlantic, the arrival of a new Woody Allen movie is always greeted with tremors of bliss by filmgoers past the age of 60, with mild curiosity by those in their 50s, with trepidation by those in their 40s, with fear and loathing by those in their 30s, and with complete indifference by anyone younger. An icon to baby boomers, who will never concede that when something is over, it is really over (Clapton, McCartney, Santana, the 1960s), Allen has not made a truly memorable film since Bullets On Broadway back in 1994 ~ Joe Queenan

Being able to help, being able to go out there every five games, is definitely something I was waiting for. ~ Johan Santana

Every day you wake up is an opportunity to go beyond, and that 's why I let my band go right now. For the first time in my life I'm just roaming around, vagabonding. ~ Carlos Santana

Back in the days, the groups and the bands that we listened to were like Earth, Wind and Fire, Santana and Grateful Dead. We don't have a lot of those bands anymore. ~ Sheila E.

I knew that the Mets had never had a no-hitter. I never had one. This is very special. I knew this means a lot to New York. ~ Johan Santana

KISS is Las Vegas entertainment. A musician doesn't need the mask. ~ Carlos Santana

I'm never gonna be a Carlos Santana - an instrumentalist. I just like songs. It's three minutes of something that can be very powerful. ~ Steve Forbert

In the future, I want to be consistent from Day 1. We're still making adjustments. I still believe that I can be better. ~ Johan Santana