Sam Phillips asked me to go write a love song, or maybe a bitter weeper. So I wrote a song called, "Cry Cry Cry," went back in and recorded that for the other side of the record. — Johnny Cash Copy Share
In the Air Force, I had an old Wilcox Gay recorder, and I used to hear guitar runs on that recorder going (vocalizing) like the chords on "I Walk The Line." And I always wanted to write a love song… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 feel like they're singing just for me when I get up in the morning... Saying, 'Good morning, John. You made it, John.' I'm thankful for the sea breeze that feels so good right now, and the… — Johnny Cash Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 idea for a song. And I sang him the first verse that I had written, and I said it's called "Because You're Mine." And he said, "I Walk The Line" is a better title, so I… — Johnny Cash Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
![“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 listen to me, I believe you'll be glad you did. And he said, come on in. That was a good lesson for me, you know, to believe in myself.” quote by Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/29a/johnny-cash-1517_believe_i-met-sam-phillips-when-he-came-in-studi_126413.jpg)
