Carlos Santana Music Quotations

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

All music is important if it comes from the heart.

Music rearranges your molecular structure.

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.

He has a deep awareness of music like (Thelonious) Monk, Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock and Wayne (Shorter),

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.

a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.