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.
JOHNNY CASHThe battle against the dark one and the clinging to the right one is what my life is about.
More Johnny Cash Quotes
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Life is rough so you gotta be tough.
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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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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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Stop your ears and close your eyes and try to find the face of love.
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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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You have to be what you are. Whatever you are, you gotta be it.
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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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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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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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I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.
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Prisoners are the greatest audience that an entertainer can perform to.
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We’ll all be equal under the grass, and God’s got a heaven for country trash.
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I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on.
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Being rich means you get to worry about everything except money.
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There’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.
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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.
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The beast in me Is caged by frail and fragile bars.
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Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable but most of all, it’s having those loved ones.
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When God forgave me, I figured I’d better do it too.
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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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I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My arms are too short to box with God.
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Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.
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