I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television. — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
They're powerful, those songs. At times they've been my only way back, the only door out of the dark, bad places the… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Many times we've shared our thoughts, but did you ever, ever notice, the kind of thoughts I got? — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Gospel music was the thing that inspired me as a child growing up on a cotton farm, where work was drudgery and… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping sone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I wear my crown of thorns on my liars chair, full of broken thoughts I cannot repair, beneath the stain of time… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I've never been accused of a felony. I never spent time behind bars except for a few overnight jail times back in… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
It just took the right time. I was fully confident that I was going to see Sam Phillips and to record for… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, I got on my knees and told her that I was going to marry her some… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
By the time I actually recorded Bitter Tears I carried a heavy load of sadness and outrage; I felt every word of… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
The first time I knew what I wanted to do with my life was when I was about four years old. I… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
There's unconditional love there. You hear that phrase a lot but it's real with me and her [June Carter]. She loves me… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Beneath the stains of time the feeling disappears, you are someone else I am still right here. — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation,… — 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… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
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… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
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've never been accused of a felony. I never spent time behind bars except for a few overnight jail times back in the Sixties. [But] I think there's a little bit of a criminal in all of us. Everybody's done something they don't want anybody to know about.” quote by Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9cf/johnny-cash-1517_accused_i-ve-never-been-accused-of-a-felony-i-ne_2579150.jpg)
![“There's unconditional love there. You hear that phrase a lot but it's real with me and her [June Carter]. She loves me in spite of everything, in spite of myself. She has saved my life more than once. She's always been there with her love, and it has certainly made me forget the pain for a long…” quote by Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f34/johnny-cash-1517_carter_there-s-unconditional-love-there-you-hea_2514439.jpg)
![“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)
