I don't know if it's a legacy, but I love it. In my mind and other people's minds, they know I was… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I was the first artist to put the national anthem on the charts, and I'm thrilled. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I have no regrets, though I was the first artist to stylize the national anthem, and I got a lot of protests… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
When I did the national anthem, I did a soulful, kind of gospel-y version, but it was controversial with the war veterans,… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I felt bad about the controversy because they stopped playing my songs on American radio stations. But there was nothing wrong with… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
Now everybody has been doing the national anthem in their own style, but in 1968 I was the one that took the… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I got tired of seeing people rush through the national anthem so they could have their popcorn and get to the game.… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I didn't mean for it to cause such a furor, but I was the first guy to ever do the national anthem… — 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
