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 CASHWhen 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.
More Johnny Cash Quotes
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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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Prisoners are the greatest audience that an entertainer can perform to.
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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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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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When I think about country music, I think about America.
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I came to believe in a power much higher than I.
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If you have political convictions. Keep ’em to yourself
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You have to be what you are. Whatever you are, you gotta be it.
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The beast in me Is caged by frail and fragile bars.
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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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Jesus will not fail me, I shall not be moved.
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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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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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It’s good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people.
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Life and love go on, let the music play.
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