I'm a musician first and sight has never had anything to do with it. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
My first memory of playing music was when I was 3 years old in Puerto Rico. I played percussion on a tin… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
Music made me feel like I was sexy. Music made me feel like I wasn't just a blind guy. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I could make music out of anything, whether it be a rubber band, a tin can. Whatever… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I'm lucky that I can play all kinds of music, that it appeals to all of the generations. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
God did not want me to be a blind beggar on the street, alone and bitter. He gave me music, first to… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I thought I'd be spending my life making brooms, mops, chairs and things. That's fine for some blind people, but I wanted… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I was growing up at a time when music was growing and changing so fast. I had learned all the big band… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
Music. It has always showed me that I could do what the other kids couldn't do. So I will keep playing and… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
If I've influenced people, so be it, but I don't dwell on those kinds of things. I just put out my music.… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
RCA wanted me to change my name. They asked me around 1965, when they first signed me. They said, 'Feliciano is too Latin.' I… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share
I went through the immigration thing. But when I got to New York it wasn't so tough for me. I went to school. I… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share
Music. It has always showed me that I could do what the other kids couldn't do. So I will keep playing and singing and… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share
I felt bad about the controversy because they stopped playing my songs on American radio stations. But there was nothing wrong with what I… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share
No one can pigeon-hole me because I play everything, and I did that on purpose. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share
I have genuine respect for women and I want to win their respect. I don't want them to look at me and say, 'Oh,… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share
I just happened to be Latino, and like any artist, I was trying to forge a career. If I opened doors for others, that's… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share
