Favorite Country Quotes by Johnny Cash

I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.

— Johnny Cash

You're so heavenly minded, you're no earthly good.

— Johnny Cash

Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a…

— Johnny Cash

Until things are brighter.. I'm the man in black.

— Johnny Cash

I'm thankful for a pair of shoes that feel really good on my feet; I like my shoes. I'm thankful for the birds; I…

— Johnny Cash

I knew I wanted to sing when I was a very small boy. When I was probably 4 years old. My mother played a…

— Johnny Cash

No matter how much you've sinned, no matter how much you've stumbled, no matter how much you fall, no matter how far you've got…

— Johnny Cash

I met Sam Phillips when he came in [studio] and I said, I'm John Cash. I'm the one who's been calling. And if you'd…

— Johnny Cash

My mother told me to keep on singing, and that kept me working through the cotton fields. She said God has his hand on…

— Johnny Cash

I started to write the song. And I was in Gladewater, Texas, one night with Carl Perkins and I said, I've got a good…

— Johnny Cash

Don't take voice lessons. Do it your way.

— Johnny Cash

I expect my life to end pretty soon. You know, I'm 71 years old. I have great faith, though. I have unshakable faith.

— Johnny Cash

I say I'm not a singer, so that means I can't sing. But - doesn't it?

— Johnny Cash

However, neither he nor anyone else could have become the star Elvis was. Ain't nobody like Elvis. Never was.

— Johnny Cash

Everybody was wearing rhinestones, all those sparkly clothes, and cowboy boots. I decided to wear a black shirt and pants and see if I…

— Johnny Cash