When people don't hear you on the radio they think 'maybe he retired.' — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I'm very proud being Puerto Rican. I'm American. That is what America is made of - people from different lands. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
People are really surprised by the fact that I keep in touch with the latest trends rather than retreating to the distant… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
Some people wanted me deported - as if you can be deported to Puerto Rico. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
One thing about computers and iPhones is they're making people mentally lazy. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
The only thing I can say to the people of Israel is that I love them and I am a strong ally. — 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
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
As a Hispanic American, this country has done a lot for me, and I think that people have to be more grateful… — 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 think sighted people let their eyes cheat them out of certain things. People who can see don't have a great sense… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
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 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
