I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It’s still my symbol of rebellion — against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others’ ideas.
JOHNNY CASHLife is the question and life is the answer, and God is the reason and love is the way.
More Johnny Cash Quotes
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For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide.
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The battle against the dark one and the clinging to the right one is what my life is about.
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You miss a lot of opportunities by making mistakes, but that’s part of it: knowing that you’re not shut out forever, and that there’s a goal you still can reach.
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A person knows when it just seems to feel right to them. Listen to your heart.
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You can ask the people around me. I don’t give up. I don’t give up. I don’t give – and it’s not out of frustration and desperation that I say I don’t give up. I don’t give up because I don’t give up. I don’t believe in it.
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Life is – the way God has given it to me was just a platter – a golden platter of life laid out there for me. It’s been beautiful.
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I’m not bitter. Why should I be bitter? I’m thrilled to death with life.
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It’s good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people.
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When I’m gone I’ll be remembered as the workin’ man who put his point across with a right hand full of knuckles.
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Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.
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The more I learn, the more excited I get.
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Inside the walls of a prison my body may be, but my Lord has set my soul free.
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Until things are brighter. I’m the man in black.
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Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable but most of all, it’s having those loved ones.
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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
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