LAS VEGAS (AP) – Carlos Santana had no difficulty writing about the darker aspects of his life in his new book because he had already dealt with those demons long ago.

That includes the man who molested him as a child. Santana says he had the opportunity to confront the man.

He says he knew if he condemned that man to hell, he’d go there with him.

Santana says he reduced the man to a seven-year-old child, forgave him and sent him into the light.

Santana says the point of his book, “The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light,” is that we all need to heal on a daily basis.

He says cynicism is not good for creativity.

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