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 CASHYou 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.
More Johnny Cash Quotes
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My arms are too short to box with God.
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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.
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All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate. I choose love.
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All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love positivity and gratitude that things aren’t worse or hate negativity and bitterness that things aren’t better. I choose love positivity and gratitude that things aren’t worse.
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Creative people have to be fed from the divine source. I have to get fed. I had to get filled up in order to pour out.
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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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There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I’m the biggest sinner of them all.
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I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, But is there because he’s a victim of the times.
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The fire and excitement may be gone now that we don’t go out there and sing them anymore, but the ring of fire still burns around you and I, keeping our love hotter than a pepper sprout.
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When you sing, you pray twice.
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Loneliness is emptiness, but happiness is you.
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I don’t give up because I don’t give up. I don’t believe in it.
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There’s a lot of things blamed on me that never happened. But then, there’s a lot of things that I did that I never got caught at.
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I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.
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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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