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I'm a one-man band!
I'm in a museum. I'm a relic.
I loved John Lennon, by the way.
I was a teen idol in Latin America.
I sang the National Anthem with soul.
It is always good to make new friends.
I liked the Doors and that kind of music.
I'm Puerto Rican, but I represent everybody.
To me, my guitar has always been my orchestra.
I like Maroon 5, Swedish House Mafia and others.
When I came on in '68, I was really the lone wolf.
New York is really where my career somewhat started.
I became a teen idol. At the time, it embarrassed me.
I didnt go to the high school prom. Couldn't get a date.
From 1969 to 1973, I was never played on radio stations.
Everyone is my equal, and that is transferred to my music.
I don't think kneeling during the anthem is such a bad thing.
You can't write much quality, original music on a concertina.
I always tell my wife she's married to the Puerto Rican Elvis.
I never expected to have such a long career, it's been 52 years.
If I were to travel with all my instruments, I would need a truck.
I'm a musician first and sight has never had anything to do with it.
I made history and nothing can besmirch that. Nothing can erase that.
When people don't hear you on the radio they think 'maybe he retired.'
The accordion was the first instrument I played, when I was 7 years old.
I have very heightened senses - not just my hearing but my sense of smell.
Some people wanted me deported - as if you can be deported to Puerto Rico.
Pioneers will always get the stones, when everyone later gets the accolades.
One thing about computers and iPhones is they're making people mentally lazy.
I was the first artist to put the national anthem on the charts, and I'm thrilled.
Music made me feel like I was sexy. Music made me feel like I wasn't just a blind guy.
I'm lucky that I can play all kinds of music, that it appeals to all of the generations.
My parents did not want us to lose our culture and our language. And that was a good thing.
The only thing I can say to the people of Israel is that I love them and I am a strong ally.
I was drawn to the guitar, and still am, because it struck me as the most soulful instrument.
I taught myself until I was about 16. And then I studied classical guitar with some teachers.
I take pride in the fact that I was the first Hispanic artist to really crack the English market.
I didn't have romances when I was in school. Girls didn't want to go out with me because I was blind.
When I was 15, I became an avid fan of Andres Segovia. He brought so much respectability to the guitar.
I always wanted to be the first true Latino to break the American barrier, to be on the American charts.
I never knew Mother Teresa, but I admired her, especially in this day and age when there aren't many heroes.
I'm very proud being Puerto Rican. I'm American. That is what America is made of - people from different lands.
I've been a fan of Elvis since I was 11, so for me, it was a real thrill to make an album of all my favorite Elvis songs.
The day I stop learning and I don't try to make myself better on the guitar, that's the day I hang it up and say, 'Goodbye.'
Playing guitar was a calling, but I never realized that it was going to be a career. It was just something I did out of love.
People are really surprised by the fact that I keep in touch with the latest trends rather than retreating to the distant past.
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.
Feliz Navidad' has interfaced the English and Spanish cultures to come together and after all, we're living in a multi-cultural world.
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.
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.