John Carter Cash

I was 33 when my father passed away.

— John Carter Cash

It was hard to say no to Johnny Cash.

— John Carter Cash

There are a whole lot of Carter Family songs.

— John Carter Cash

Nobody sounds like my dad.

— John Carter Cash

My dad was a unique person.

— John Carter Cash

Sometimes, you find peace through misery.

— John Carter Cash

Words are powerful, but action rules.

— John Carter Cash

My father was a patriot.

— John Carter Cash

I saw my parents go through tough times between 1979 and 1983. They almost split up.

— John Carter Cash

I've found that I really don't want to go out on the road anymore. I love my home.

— John Carter Cash

I think most of my life I have spent trying to gain normalcy, whatever that may be.

— John Carter Cash

There's nothing purer than Janette Carter with an autoharp.

— John Carter Cash

My father, he wouldn't be belligerent or violent. It was never that way.

— John Carter Cash

In some ways, Cash and Carter is a family business that's been handed to me.

— John Carter Cash

He was self-sacrificing in many different ways, and my father was a man of paradoxes.

— John Carter Cash

I was getting up on stage and taking a bow as soon as I could stand.

— John Carter Cash

I believe Dad will be respected in 300 years, like Beethoven. As will Elvis, as will the Carter Family, as will Jimmie…

— John Carter Cash

The poem that became the song 'Gold All Over the Ground' was written during 1967, when my dad was really falling in…

— John Carter Cash

I knew 'Hurt' way before Dad recorded it. In 1992, 'Downward Spiral' was one of my favorite albums.

— John Carter Cash

I never felt like I had to sound like my dad. I wanted my music to be creative expression with no expectations.

— John Carter Cash

The honest thing is that my parents wanted to help people. That is part of my responsibility, to carry on that legacy.

— John Carter Cash

People come to Nashville where I live and they say, 'What's a great Southern restaurant?' Well, you got to know the right…

— John Carter Cash

My dad was a poet. He saw the world through unique glasses, with simplicity, spirituality, and humor.

— John Carter Cash

There are a lot of things about my father, various things, that people connect with. He was that diverse of a person,…

— John Carter Cash

When I was young, my mother said to me, 'Momma loves her little son.' Now, this tender endearment holds a firm meaning…

— John Carter Cash

My father claimed no political affiliation. He supported Al Gore because he knew him as a human being. He supported Lamar Alexander,…

— John Carter Cash

I was introduced to the church through my parents but I had to struggle and find it on my own. In the…

— John Carter Cash

So many use dad's name, saying 'Johnny Cash would not like this' or 'Johnny Cash would do this' or 'Johnny Cash would…

— John Carter Cash

I try to weigh out the dark and the light. They were both very real aspects of my Dad. To me, the…

— John Carter Cash

Personally (and I believe I can speak for my sisters on this), I am against any organization or individual who believes they…

— John Carter Cash

My parents were on the road a lot in the 1970s. Winifred Kelly, a nurse from the hospital where I was born,…

— John Carter Cash

Rick Rubin and my father had a great friendship and it's because of it that the work my dad did at the…

— John Carter Cash

The Carter family history means a lot to me.

— John Carter Cash

My mother was creative in the kitchen.

— John Carter Cash

My dad lived with pain his whole life.

— John Carter Cash

I steadfastly believe that there is no greater love than that between a mother and a child.

— John Carter Cash

My first memories of my mother are of a delicate lady with a kind voice.

— John Carter Cash

My father was always much more willing to laugh than to go to the darkness.

— John Carter Cash

My father, he made chili; that was probably his favorite dish to make.

— John Carter Cash

My father was a unique man, but he had a shyness about him.

— John Carter Cash