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 CASHPrisoners are the greatest audience that an entertainer can perform to.
More Johnny Cash Quotes
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I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on.
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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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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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When God forgave me, I figured I’d better do it too.
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Loneliness is emptiness, but happiness is you.
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A person knows when it just seems to feel right to them. Listen to your heart.
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Don’t take voice lessons. Do it your way.
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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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It takes a real man to live for God-a lot more man than to live for the devil, you know? If you really want to live right these days, you gotta be tough.
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When you sing, you pray twice.
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Inside the walls of a prison my body may be, but my Lord has set my soul free.
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Death and hell are never full, and neither are men’s eyes.
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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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The battle against the dark one and the clinging to the right one is what my life is about.
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