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!
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.
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.
Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, ‘Oh man, this is the stuff.’ It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
When you fly to New York, sometimes they put you on hold and you just go round and around in a holding pattern. Sometimes in a concert, I feel other spirits in a holding pattern that they want to land through my heart and through my fingers.
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.
Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.
There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing.
I am becoming the people I love.
The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.
There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles!
Disposicion a transformacion personal es clave para Iluminacion Global.
If You’re going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in town. And if You’re going to play the guitar, really, really, really get in it, and don’t be jivin’.
If you want to be successful, just meditate, man. God will tell you what people need.
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.
All music is important if it comes from the heart.