17. What kind of music do you listen to today?
Everything.

18. Was the guitar your first instrument?
No. When I was three, I tapped on the bottom of a tin cracker can, accompanying my Uncle who played the cuatro.

19. What is a "cuatro"?
It is the traditional instrument of Puerto Rico. It has ten strings and kind of sounds like a mandolin.

20. Has the cuatro ever been featured in any of your music?
Yes. In "Feliz Navidad", "Ponta A Cantar" "Che Sera" ,"La Ultima Noche" from the "Señor Bolero" CD and others.

21. When did you start to play the guitar?
When I was 9 years old.

22. What other instruments do you play?
I play the bass, drums, all kinds of percussion, a little keyboards and synthesizers.

23. What do you do when a string breaks?
I can either finish the song, if I am performing live on stage and change to the electric guitar or change it right there (it creates a little diversion from the norm)...

24. Do you write your own music?
Yes, of course. I've written many, many songs, like "Feliz Navidad", "Rain", "Affirmation", "Señor Bolero". I've written an entire film score, and songs used in films. I've written the music for a theatrical play and a couple of television themes. I've also composed classical pieces including one I call "Mozartean Influence".

25. What are your favorite songs by other artists?
Well, I've always liked the Beatles' stuff, all of it, the music of Bob Dylan, and of course Sinatra's music. I also like a lot of today's music, especially Marc Anthony, Brian McKnight, N'SYNC and Celine Dion...

26. What are your favorite songs of your own?
Oh my. I can't answer that question.

27. Does being blind make you a better musician?
No. Perhaps only more focused and determined to do something with my life that mattered.

28. What in your life, do you feel, is responsible for your success?
God

29. Do you pray?
All the time.

30. Are you afraid of anything in particular?
Diving boards.