I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time.

Carlos Santana

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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.

Carlos Santana

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The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful songs, there's a sort of magic glow that just happens and you can feel it happening. It just makes the songs sort of roll out.

Paul McCartney

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I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.

Adele

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Don't be insecure, if your heart is pure.

Lady Gaga

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I feel like a spoilt rapper. I get to pick and choose everything.

Eminem

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