Jose Feliciano

I just do my thing, what I feel.

— Jose Feliciano

I always wanted to be the first true Latino to break the American barrier, to be on the American charts.

— Jose Feliciano

I got tired of seeing people rush through the national anthem so they could have their popcorn and get to the game.…

— Jose Feliciano

Playing guitar was a calling, but I never realized that it was going to be a career. It was just something I…

— Jose Feliciano

When I was a kid, I could make music out of anything, whether it be a rubber band, a tin can. Whatever…

— Jose Feliciano

I take pride in the fact that I was the first Hispanic artist to really crack the English market.

— Jose Feliciano

People are really surprised by the fact that I keep in touch with the latest trends rather than retreating to the distant…

— Jose Feliciano

I was very, very fortunate that 'Chico and the Man' was on TV, that helped me quite a bit. Of course, having…

— Jose Feliciano

I truly enjoyed the '60s.

— Jose Feliciano

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

My first memory of playing music was when I was 3 years old in Puerto Rico. I played percussion on a tin…

— Jose Feliciano

God gave me a good voice. I have perfect pitch. I don't sing flat.

— Jose Feliciano

In 1966 I recorded my first bolero album. I was about 18 years old then and I recorded it because I wanted…

— Jose Feliciano

I'm very proud being Puerto Rican. I'm American. That is what America is made of - people from different lands.

— Jose Feliciano

I'm kind of iffy on the Latin Grammys because I think we fought so hard, for example, to get the American side…

— Jose Feliciano

There were screaming girls, I had to learn as a blind person how to run to a limousine otherwise they'd take my…

— Jose Feliciano

I think I am different from most blind people because my agility is not that of a blind person - I don't…

— Jose Feliciano

I'm a musician first and sight has never had anything to do with it.

— Jose Feliciano

New York will always be a part of me no matter where I go.

— Jose Feliciano

I was a teen idol in Latin America.

— Jose Feliciano

I didn't have romances when I was in school. Girls didn't want to go out with me because I was blind.

— Jose Feliciano

To me, my guitar has always been my orchestra.

— Jose Feliciano

As a Hispanic American, this country has done a lot for me, and I think that people have to be more grateful…

— Jose Feliciano

I mean, it wasnt like I had said to myself beforehand, 'OK, I'm gonna go out there and sing 'The Star-Spangled Banner'…

— Jose Feliciano

It is always good to make new friends.

— Jose Feliciano