45 Jose Feliciano Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jose Feliciano

Puerto Rican Musician

Born: Sep 10, 1945

Because First Me Music National People

I was growing up at a time when music was growing and changing so fast. I had learned all the big band sounds of the 1940s, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey. But then along came Chuck Berry, Les Paul, Fats Domino and I figured out how to make their music as well. Jose Feliciano

Music Time Big Band Changing Chuck Fats Chuck Berry 1940s Out Berry Had Glenn Along Well Make Learned Big Band How Sounds Came Up Domino Paul Then Les Figured Growing Growing Up Fast Tommy Miller

I became a teen idol. At the time, it embarrassed me. Jose Feliciano

Time Me Teen Teen Idol Embarrassed Became Idol

There were screaming girls, I had to learn as a blind person how to run to a limousine otherwise they'd take my clothes off and stuff. I thought to myself 'how could this happen?' I mean I could see it, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, but Jose Feliciano? It was a mystery to me. Jose Feliciano

Myself Me Beatles Thought Girl Clothes Otherwise Elvis Elvis Presley Frank Frank Sinatra Run See Could Mystery Take Had Stuff Sinatra Blind Learn Blind Person How Were Off Person Screaming Happen Mean

I like Maroon 5, Swedish House Mafia and others. Jose Feliciano

Others Mafia Like House Swedish

When you've had a chance to live some experiences then you can really write, and not having lived that much when I was young I didn't have much to write about. Now having seen life, the songs seem to come easier. 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 of smell because they don't use it. Jose Feliciano

Great Eyes People Smell Sense Think I Think Out See Great Sense Cheat Because Them Certain Use Certain Things Who Things

I sang the National Anthem with soul. Jose Feliciano

Soul National Anthem National Anthem Sang

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

Old First Instrument Years Accordion Played

I was very, very fortunate that 'Chico and the Man' was on TV, that helped me quite a bit. Of course, having the No. 1 Christmas song in the Spanish market, 'Feliz Navidad,' doesn't hurt either. Jose Feliciano

Christmas Me Man Hurt Song Market Bit TV Having Course Very Quite Quite A Bit Either Spanish Fortunate Helped

I'm not like other guitar players. In fact, I'm not even like most acoustic players because I use the nylon-string acoustic. I do play steel-string and the electric guitar, too, because I love rock 'n' roll and guitarists like Jimi Hendrix. But my bread and butter has always been the nylon-string. Jose Feliciano

Love Guitar Too Other Jimi Hendrix I Love Guitar Players Fact Like Most Because Rock Always Rock-N-Roll Been Roll In Fact Bread Acoustic Use Electric Electric Guitar Even Hendrix Play Butter Players

One thing about computers and iPhones is they're making people mentally lazy. Jose Feliciano

People One Thing About Mentally Lazy Computers Making Thing

I made history and nothing can besmirch that. Nothing can erase that. Jose Feliciano

History Made Nothing Erase

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

First Sight Musician Never Had Anything

I have genuine respect for women and I want to win their respect. I don't want them to look at me and say, 'Oh, another man with the same attitudes as most men.' Jose Feliciano

Me Man Respect Women Win Men Say Attitudes Look Most Another Another Man Genuine Same Oh Want Them

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 went to P.S. 57, then I went to the Lighthouse for the Blind on 59th St. I guess being blind is a great leveler. Jose Feliciano

Great Me Immigration School Tough Guess Through Lighthouse New Blind Got York New York Being Then Thing Leveler

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

Me School Girl Out Blind Because Go Romances Want

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

Pride First Market Fact Take Hispanic Crack Artist Really English