Johnny Cash — "You've got to have something to do to get up in the morning."

"You've got to be careful not to be a hypocrite. If you sing a song about drinking, you've got to drink. If you sing a song about shooting a man down, you've got to shoot a man down. I've done both, fo…"

"I'm a storyteller. And I try to tell stories that are real, stories that are honest, stories that are true."

"I wear black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid his debt, But is still considered a criminal by society yet. I …"

"I'm not a country singer. I'm a singer of songs. And I sing all kinds of songs."

"I'm not a god. I'm a man. And I'm trying to live up to my potential."