An Interview with Carlos Santana in Dubai

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An Interview with Carlos Santana in Dubai. Guitar legend Carlos Santana talks about jazz, lip syncing and shares advice for young musicians ahead of his performance at the 2014 Dubai Jazz Festival. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Our first priority is to make people's hair stand up because we don't lip-sync, we wouldn't

00:17even try that.

00:19So we call it, we love to rearrange molecular structure because sound, resonance, vibration

00:30makes humans feel the center of their heart.

00:35And when you feel the center of your heart, you remember your own forgotten song.

00:45Everyone has the capacity to create blessings and miracles, and that's what real music's

00:51supposed to do, remind you of your own light.

00:58People need to know that jazz musicians are navigators that navigate in an ocean.

01:09I navigate in a big lake, and then other people navigate in a swimming pool, you know?

01:16So jazz, because of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and Miles, is a very, very highly

01:24evolved form of improvisation.

01:37It's a definitely female, women-friendly CD, like Supernatural and Abraxas.

01:44We love to make the women happy.

01:48Actually, I'm always taking a break.

01:56When I'm on stage it's a break, when I'm on stage it's a break, because I don't think

01:59the way I used to think.

02:02Anytime you worry, you're not taking a break.

02:05I don't worry anymore, really, I don't worry anymore, because as long as I can do this

02:11with my eyes closed, I can seriously kick some booty with some energy and music.

02:24We from the 60s, we created a different kind of music, like The Doors, but we came from

02:30John Lee Hooker and John Coltrane, and The Rolling Stones came from Muddy Waters, and

02:36like that, you know?

02:38And so now people are, young people are listening to Metallica and Santana, you know?

02:44So I want to hook up with the younger people, because I want to always be connected with

02:51good energy, young energy today.

02:54There's someone in a garage right now practicing, you know, getting their, I want to hook up

02:58with them.

03:04You only become unnecessary when you're ruled by fear and ego, then you're very predictable

03:16and very unnecessary.

03:19If you function from the center of your heart, you're never gonna go out of style, you know?

03:29Because people need your newness, your sincerity, genuine, honest, sincere, true, for real,

03:39authentic, you know?

03:41All those six words signify something that when it goes inside a note, it's gonna make

03:47you cry, it's gonna make you dance, it's gonna make you feel ten times more sexy, you

03:51know?

03:54And that's what music's supposed to do, make you feel divine and sensual without guilt.

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