Quotes by Johnny Cash

About Johnny Cash:

J.R. was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of multiple inductions in the Country Music, Rock and Roll and Gospel Music Halls of Fame.
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I am not a Christian artist, I am an artist who is a Christian.

Johnny Cash

People call me wild. Not really though, I'm not. I guess I've never been normal, not what you call Establishment. I'm country.

Johnny Cash

You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.

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

I knew I wanted to sing when I was a very small boy. When I was probably 4 years old. My mother played a guitar and I would sit with her and she would sing and I learned to sing along with her.

Johnny Cash

I wear black because I'm comfortable in it. But then in the summertime when it's hot I'm comfortable in light blue.

Johnny Cash

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping sone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

Johnny Cash

My arms are too short to box with God.

Johnny Cash

I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' idea...

Johnny Cash

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

Johnny Cash

Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.

Johnny Cash

When my wife died, I booked myself into the studio just to work, to occupy myself.

Johnny Cash

Author Bio

  • NameJohnny Cash
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter
  • AliasesThe Man In Black; John R. Cash
  • BornFebruary 26, 1932
  • DiedSeptember 12, 2003
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer-songwriter; Singer; Actor; Composer; Musician; Songwriter; Autobiographer
  • AwardsNational Medal Of Arts; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; Grammy Legend Award; Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame