Jose Feliciano Quotes

Jose Feliciano

Puerto Rican Musician

Born: Sep 10, 1945

Because First Me Music National People

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

Together World Living Come Cultures After Spanish English

I think I am different from most blind people because my agility is not that of a blind person - I don't shuffle my feet when I walk. In fact, I have no, as I call them, 'blindisms.' Jose Feliciano

People I Am Walk Think I Think Fact Feet Most Blind Call Blind Person Because Am Person Different In Fact Them Agility Shuffle

I'm a one-man band! Jose Feliciano

Band One-Man

I've been playing in Israel since 1971. Jose Feliciano

Since Israel Been Playing

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

Guitar Respectability Brought He Became Fan Much Avid

I'm in a museum. I'm a relic. Jose Feliciano

Relic Museum

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

Will Everyone Later Always Accolades Pioneers Get Gets Stones

When I did the anthem, I did it with the understanding in my heart and mind that I did it because I'm a patriot. I was trying to be a grateful patriot. I was expressing my feelings for America when I did the anthem my way instead of just singing it with an orchestra. Jose Feliciano

Heart Grateful Mind Feelings Singing Understanding Way Instead Because Anthem America Trying Did Orchestra Just Patriot Expressing

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

Smell Sense Hearing Very Just Senses

I have no regrets, though I was the first artist to stylize the national anthem, and I got a lot of protests for it. I have no regrets. America has been good to me. I'm glad that I'm here. Jose Feliciano

Good Me First National Though Has-Been No Regrets Glad Protests Got Anthem Been National Anthem Lot America Artist Regrets Here

I didn't mean for it to cause such a furor, but I was the first guy to ever do the national anthem with a guitar. Everyone else had the big brass band. Nowadays it's tracks that they sing to, but in my day, we had no tracks. And I was the only orchestra that I knew that was the best orchestra and that was me and my guitar. Jose Feliciano

Best Day Me Guitar Cause First Big National Band Nowadays Else Everyone Everyone Else Guy Only Had Knew Sing Tracks Anthem National Anthem Brass Orchestra Mean Ever

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

Wolf I Came Lone Lone Wolf Came Really

I liked the Doors and that kind of music. Jose Feliciano

Music Doors Kind Liked The Doors

You can't write much quality, original music on a concertina. Jose Feliciano

Music You Quality Write Much Original Original Music

If I were to travel with all my instruments, I would need a truck. Jose Feliciano

Travel Would Truck Instruments Were Need

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

Me Guitar Drawn Struck Most Instrument Because Soulful Am Still

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 the poetry. I just judged him on his singing and his guitar playing. Jose Feliciano

Guitar Mind First Singing Guitar Playing Poetry Shallow Like Him Judged Understand His Heard Just Dylan Bob Bob Dylan Playing Honest

Music made me feel like I was sexy. Music made me feel like I wasn't just a blind guy. Jose Feliciano

Music Me Made Sexy Guy Feel Like Blind Just

I don't think kneeling during the anthem is such a bad thing. Jose Feliciano

Think Bad Bad Thing Kneeling Anthem Thing

I just happened to be Latino, and like any artist, I was trying to forge a career. If I opened doors for others, that's great, but nobody starts out with those aspirations. Jose Feliciano

Great Doors Starts Others Those Latino Out Nobody Opened Like Forge Trying Any Artist Just Happened Aspirations Career

My dream was to be a celebrity, to be on TV like Bob Hope was. Jose Feliciano

Hope TV Dream Like Celebrity Bob Bob Hope