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

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

I truly enjoyed the '60s.

I'm a one-man band!

I got tired of seeing people rush through the national anthem so they could have their popcorn and get to the game. Nobody ever sang the anthem with soul. It was always done clinically and they always stuck to the original. I put feeling into it. I sang it in a soulful manner.

When people don't hear you on the radio they think 'maybe he retired.'

I don't know if it's a legacy, but I love it. In my mind and other people's minds, they know I was the first to stylize the national anthem.

I liked the Doors and that kind of music.

I write with my brain. I don't need a computer.

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

I never knew whether I'd make it as a star but I always wanted to.

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

I didnt go to the high school prom. Couldn't get a date.

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

I contend that if it wasn't for Jimi, the gadgets we use for electric guitars now wouldn't have happened. He was an inventor, in a sense - as well as being great artist.

I didn't write Feliz Navidad to make a lot of money for me.

I was a teen idol in Latin America.

I've been playing in Israel since 1971.

The only thing I can say to the people of Israel is that I love them and I am a strong ally.

I never expected to have such a long career, it's been 52 years.

Everyone is my equal, and that is transferred to my music.

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

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.

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.'

I got so big in the Latin market, it was a bit like being Elvis Presley. The limousines, the screaming girls - stuff I wasn't used to.

Music. It has always showed me that I could do what the other kids couldn't do. So I will keep playing and singing and entertaining, as long as the good Lord lets me. That is my life.

When I was a kid, I could make music out of anything, whether it be a rubber band, a tin can. Whatever it was I made music out of it and so that was my knack.

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.

The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!

Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one's voice.

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.

You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.

Sometimes we make the process more complicated than we need to. We will never make a journey of a thousand miles by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach our destination.

Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.

Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.

We know that we are often judged by the company we keep. We know how influential classmates, friends, and other peer groups can be. If any of our companions are prone to be unrighteous in their living, we are better off seeking new associations immediately.

While we yearn for peace, we live in a world burdened with hunger, pain, anguish, loneliness, sickness, and sorrow.

Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.

Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace.

Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.

Most of us don't mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn't interfere with what we want to do, but it takes discipline and maturity to do what we ought to do whether we want to or not.

The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.

My father was truly a great man. I remember one day putting my feet in my father's shoes. I was amazed at the size. Would I ever be big enough to fill his shoes? Could I ever grow into the man my father was? I wondered.

Men and women who decide to flirt with adultery just once can become enmeshed in misery and unhappiness for themselves and their precious families.

Every day is an adventure.

True love lasts forever.

To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts.

We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever.