Jose Feliciano : (6)

" When I came on in ’68, I was really the lone wolf. " - Jose Feliciano

" 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

" I don’t think Hank Greenberg thought of himself as the first Jewish baseball player – he was a baseball player who happened to be Jewish. I’m an artist who happens to be Latin. " - Jose Feliciano

" I felt bad about the controversy because they stopped playing my songs on American radio stations. But there was nothing wrong with what I did. Now everybody sings the national anthem the way they want. " - Jose Feliciano

" One day I heard Ray Charles on the radio and I found out he was blind. I thought, ‘You know what, if there’s room for Ray, there might be room for Jose.’ " - Jose Feliciano

" I never knew whether I’d make it as a star but I always wanted to. " - Jose Feliciano