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.
JOHNNY CASHThere’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.
More Johnny Cash Quotes
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I came to believe in a power much higher than I.
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I learn from my mistakes. It’s a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there’s no gain.
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The ones that you’re calling wild are going to be the leaders in a little while.
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For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide.
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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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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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I’m not really concerned about boundaries. I just follow my conscience and my heart. Follow your heart. That’s what I do. Compassion is something I have a lot of, because I’ve been through a lot of pain in my life. Anybody who has suffered a lot of pain has a lot of compassion.
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Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.
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I knew that when I left there at the age of 18, I wouldn’t be back. And it was common knowledge among all the people there that when you graduate from high school here, you go to college or go get a job or something and do it on your own.
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I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you’re mine, I walk the line.
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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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I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on.
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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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When I was a baby, my mama told me son, always be a good boy, don’t ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno.
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Love is a burning thing and it makes a firey ring.
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There’s no way around grief and loss: you can dodge all you want, but sooner or later you just have to go into it, through it, and, hopefully, come out the other side. The world you find there will never be the same as the world you left.
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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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It’s good to believe in yourself, but there are people out there who can make or break you.
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If you aren’t gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.
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A person knows when it just seems to feel right to them. Listen to your heart.
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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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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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When I think about country music, I think about America.
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The more I learn, the more excited I get.
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If you have political convictions. Keep ’em to yourself
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