Carlos Santana
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"Carlos Santana" is a Mexican and American musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana (band)/Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 20 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.

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Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.

There is nothing more contagious on this planet than enthusiasm.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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