Santana

CARLOS SANTANA (born 1947 - Autolan, Mexico) has been making great music for at least thirty-five years and has gone through several different phases. But, whether he's playing with Buddy Miles, John McLaughlin, or Everlast, one can still tell that it is Carlos playing with his distinctive style.

"ABRAXAS" is undoubtedly one of the best albums ever recorded.

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

"When we reached the top, everyone was dying: Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin...There were two alternatives: heroin or spiritual meditation."

"I teach my children that there are a lot of people in the world with their finger on the trigger, ready to kill or commit suicide. Music is a gift of God to disarm those people. By playing a note that makes them laugh, cry, and dance, they throw the damn gun away and they see possibilities. Music reminds us that we have a choice. Music is meant to heal the world."

"Music takes you to a place where time doesn't exist and gravity doesn't exist and fear doesn't exist."

THE INCREDIBLY RIDICULOUS MTV-ROLLING STONE'S 100 TOP SONGS (1963-2000): 23. OH, PRETTY WOMAN, ROY ORBISON (1964) (Yeah, probably a good choice.) 31. SMOOTH, SANTANA FEATURING ROB THOMAS (1999) (Great song, but not Carlos' best song) MY TOP 100 SONGS: BLACK MAGIC WOMAN, SANTANA

POSTSCRIPT "Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right." HENRY FORD

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