Carlos Santana explains why he believes music is a healing force in a new exclusive interview with Ultimate Classic Rock. He also talks about reuniting with his original band.
"Music is a healing force because it reminds people on a molecular structure of your own divinity — your own luminosity," he tells Ultimate Classic Rock.
"We are holy, sacred and divine. Divineness is your DNA, it's not in your DNA, it is your DNA. When you're born in this planet, they indoctrinate you. Indoctrinate you is another word for putting shackles on your brain with guilt, shame, judgment, condemnation and fear in the distorted, twisted, crooked concept of sin. God does not recognize sin. He did not create it."
"I'm happy to say that Neal [Schon] is the one that brought the band back together," Santana continues.
"He stayed on me like a laser beam for about a year, chasing me everywhere, man — restaurants and shopping malls — and he would be there and say, "Man, Carlos, man, we gotta do a thing together, you and I, man." And then he says, "You know, I wanna do something with so and so and so and so," and I said no, I don't wanna play with so and so and so and so. And he goes, "Oh." And I said there's nothing wrong with so and so but I don't wanna do anything with so and so. I said, I tell you what, why don't we call Gregg Rolie and [former Santana band members] Michael Shrieve and Mike Carabello and go that way. He goes, "Oh, okay." And so we went this way and we're gonna do Santana IV."
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