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.
JOHNNY CASHIf you’re going to be a Christian, you’re going to change. You’re going to lose some old friends, not because you want to, but because you need to.
More Johnny Cash Quotes
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Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.
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Until things are brighter. I’m the man in black.
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When God forgave me, I figured I’d better do it too.
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Life and love go on, let the music play.
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When I think about country music, I think about America.
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People call me wild. Not really though, I’m not. I guess I’ve never been normal, not what you call Establishment. I’m country.
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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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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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My arms are too short to box with God.
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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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They’re powerful, those songs. At times they’ve been my only way back, the only door out of the dark, bad places the black dog calls home.
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I found out that there weren’t too many limitations, if I did it my way.
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You’re so heavenly minded, you’re no earthly good.
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Loneliness is emptiness, but happiness is you.
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I have tried drugs and a little of everything else, and there is nothing in the world more soul-satisfying than having the kingdom of God building inside you and growing.
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