Jose Feliciano

It taught the English to speak Spanish and it taught the Spanish to speak English. If we had more songs such as…

— Jose Feliciano

I liked the Doors and that kind of music.

— Jose Feliciano

I was drawn to the guitar, and still am, because it struck me as the most soulful instrument.

— Jose Feliciano

The fact I'm blind has been a great help to my career. If I'd been sighted I'd have played baseball and got…

— Jose Feliciano

I'm a one-man band!

— Jose Feliciano

Actually, being blind is not so bad. If you're born this way, you never know anything else and you don't wonder about…

— Jose Feliciano

When you've had a chance to live some experiences then you can really write, and not having lived that much when I…

— Jose Feliciano

The accordion was the first instrument I played, when I was 7 years old.

— Jose Feliciano

I have no regrets, though I was the first artist to stylize the national anthem, and I got a lot of protests…

— Jose Feliciano

Pioneers will always get the stones, when everyone later gets the accolades.

— Jose Feliciano

I contend that if it wasn't for Jimi, the gadgets we use for electric guitars now wouldn't have happened. He was an…

— Jose Feliciano

God did not want me to be a blind beggar on the street, alone and bitter. He gave me music, first to…

— Jose Feliciano

When I was 15, I became an avid fan of Andres Segovia. He brought so much respectability to the guitar.

— Jose Feliciano

Feliz Navidad' has interfaced the English and Spanish cultures to come together and after all, we're living in a multi-cultural world.

— Jose Feliciano

I'm lucky that I can play all kinds of music, that it appeals to all of the generations.

— Jose Feliciano

I never expected to have such a long career, it's been 52 years.

— Jose Feliciano

It's a wonderful thing to play with symphony orchestras - I've played with many - but it's really special in Israel because…

— Jose Feliciano

I have very heightened senses - not just my hearing but my sense of smell.

— Jose Feliciano

I know Ritchie Valens in 1959 had 'La Bamba' but to be totally Spanish - because, you know, Ritchie didn't speak Spanish…

— Jose Feliciano

When I came on in '68, I was really the lone wolf.

— Jose Feliciano

I never knew Mother Teresa, but I admired her, especially in this day and age when there aren't many heroes.

— Jose Feliciano

From 1969 to 1973, I was never played on radio stations.

— Jose Feliciano

I taught myself until I was about 16. And then I studied classical guitar with some teachers.

— Jose Feliciano

Some people wanted me deported - as if you can be deported to Puerto Rico.

— Jose Feliciano

I was the first artist to put the national anthem on the charts, and I'm thrilled.

— Jose Feliciano