When I was 15, I became an avid fan of Andres Segovia. He brought so much respectability to the guitar. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I taught myself until I was about 16. And then I studied classical guitar with some teachers. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
The day I stop learning and I don't try to make myself better on the guitar, that's the day I hang it… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
Playing guitar was a calling, but I never realized that it was going to be a career. It was just something I… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
When I first heard Bob Dylan, I'll be honest, I didn't like him. But I was shallow of mind and didn't understand… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I was drawn to the guitar, and still am, because it struck me as the most soulful instrument. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I'm not like other guitar players. In fact, I'm not even like most acoustic players because I use the nylon-string acoustic. I… — 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
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
