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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.

Johnny Cash

Those that have lived longer than us always have something to teach us, that we can take with us for the rest of our lives.
JOHNNY CASH

Live Ourselves Teaching
I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on.
JOHNNY CASH

Death Hope Myself Prayer
When I think about country music, I think about America.
JOHNNY CASH

Country Music Myself Thinking
The beast in me Is caged by frail and fragile bars.
JOHNNY CASH

Beast Fragile Myself Prison
The more I learn, the more excited I get.
JOHNNY CASH

Excitement Learning Myself
Don’t take voice lessons. Do it your way.
JOHNNY CASH

Lesson Voice Way
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
When I’m gone I’ll be remembered as the workin’ man who put his point across with a right hand full of knuckles.
JOHNNY CASH

Death Hands Man Myself Remember Right Work
All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate. I choose love.
JOHNNY CASH

Choice Face Hate Life Love Yourself
Love is a burning thing and it makes a firey ring.
JOHNNY CASH

Burn Fire Love
How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.
JOHNNY CASH

Heaven Hell Learning Man Myself Place
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.
JOHNNY CASH

Creativity Freedom Liberty Limitation Myself Way Yourself
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 CASH

Build Energy Failure Forget Mistake Past Space Step Time Try Yourself
Stop your ears and close your eyes and try to find the face of love.
JOHNNY CASH

Ears Face Love Stop Yourself
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.
JOHNNY CASH

Big Deep Myself Reality Sin Spiritual
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.
JOHNNY CASH

Children Goodness Man Mom Myself Shoot Son

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 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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