The accordion was the first instrument I played, when I was 7 years old. — 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
In 1966 I recorded my first bolero album. I was about 18 years old then and I recorded it because I wanted… — 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 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
