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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.

Johnny Cash

Prisoners are the greatest audience that an entertainer can perform to.
JOHNNY CASH

Audience Entertainment Greatness Performance Prison
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 CASH

Black Crime Hope Hungry Live Myself Poor Prison Time Victim
I don’t give up because I don’t give up. I don’t believe in it.
JOHNNY CASH

Believe Determination Give Up Inspirational Motivational Myself
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.
JOHNNY CASH

Build Failure Inspirational Motivational Step Stone Yourself
I found out that there weren’t too many limitations, if I did it my way.
JOHNNY CASH

Creativity Limitation Myself
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 CASH

Appearance Black God Home Hypocrisy Ideas Mindset Myself People Rebel Status
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.
JOHNNY CASH

Burn Excitement Fire Love Ourselves Ring Yourself
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.
JOHNNY CASH

Bad Darkness Dog Home Place Powerful Time Way
Deep in the heart of the infinite darkness, a tiny blue marble is spinning through space. Born in the splendor of God’s holy vision, and sliding away like a tear down his face.
JOHNNY CASH

Born Darkness Deep Face God Heart Holy Space Tears Vision
I came to believe in a power much higher than I.
JOHNNY CASH

Believe God Myself Power Spiritual
My arms are too short to box with God.
JOHNNY CASH

Fight God Hands Myself
Gospel music was the thing that inspired me as a child growing up on a cotton farm, where work was drudgery and it was so hard that when I was in the field I sang all the time.
JOHNNY CASH

Children Hard Inspirational Music Myself Time
You have to be what you are. Whatever you are, you gotta be it.
JOHNNY CASH

Be Yourself Identity Reality Self Love Yourself
You’re so heavenly minded, you’re no earthly good.
JOHNNY CASH

Earth Good Heaven Mindset Perspective Yourself
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.
JOHNNY CASH

Forever Goal Missing Mistake Opportunity Reach Yourself
The beast in me Is caged by frail and fragile bars.
JOHNNY CASH

Beast Fragile Myself Prison

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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