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.
JOHNNY CASHI 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.
More Johnny Cash Quotes
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The beast in me Is caged by frail and fragile bars.
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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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A rose looks grey at midnight, but the flame is just asleep. And steel is strong because it knows the hammer and white heat.
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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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A person knows when it just seems to feel right to them. Listen to your heart.
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Stop your ears and close your eyes and try to find the face of love.
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Death and hell are never full, and neither are men’s eyes.
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You’ve got to know your limitations. I don’t know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren’t too many limitations, if I did it my way.
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My arms are too short to box with God.
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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.
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Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.
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Life is rough so you gotta be tough.
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Love is a burning thing and it makes a firey ring.
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Prisoners are the greatest audience that an entertainer can perform to.
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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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