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  • To me, my guitar has always been my orchestra.
    - Jose Feliciano
  • 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
  • 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
  • I did whole Latin albums and it was like Beatlemania for me in the Latin world, the screaming girls, not being able to leave the hotel, at the airport met by screaming fans. That was something!
    - Jose Feliciano
  • 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
  • New York will always be a part of me no matter where I go.
    - Jose Feliciano
  • I was drawn to the guitar, and still am, because it struck me as the most soulful instrument.
    - Jose Feliciano
  • RCA wanted me to change my name. They asked me around 1965, when they first signed me. They said, 'Feliciano is too Latin.' I said, 'That's who I am. I'm Jose Feliciano.' They wanted me to change my name to Joe Phillips.
    - Jose Feliciano
  • As a Hispanic American, this country has done a lot for me, and I think that people have to be more grateful for what they have in this country.
    - Jose Feliciano
  • Some people wanted me deported - as if you can be deported to Puerto Rico.
    - Jose Feliciano