The accordion was the first instrument I played, when I was 7 years old. — 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 take pride in the fact that I was the first Hispanic artist to really crack the English market. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I'm a musician first and sight has never had anything to do with it. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I made history and nothing can besmirch that. Nothing can erase that. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
No one can pigeon-hole me because I play everything, and I did that on purpose. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
