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 could get by with it. I did and I’ve worn black clothes ever since.

Johnny Cash

Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood, and you’re the one I need.

Johnny Cash

For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide.

Johnny Cash

Get rhythm when you get the blues.

Johnny Cash

God ain’t no stained glass window, cause he never keeps his window closed.

Johnny Cash

God gives us life and takes us away as he sees fit.

Johnny Cash

God’s the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That’s solely in the hands of God.

Johnny Cash

Gospel music is so ingrained into my bones. I can’t do a concert without singing a gospel song. It’s what I was raised on.

Johnny Cash

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. Usually gospel songs because they lifted me up above that black dirt.

Johnny Cash

He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand, and tried to tell himself at last he had become a man.

Johnny Cash