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Johnny Cash was an American singer-songwriter and musician, famous for his deep voice and influential country music style. Known as "The Man in Black," his songs often explored themes of sorrow, redemption, and hardship. He became a legendary figure in American music, leaving a lasting impact on generations of artists. Here are 73 of his quotes:

I lie awake at night to wait 'til you come in. You stay a little while and then you're gone again. Every question that I ask, I get a lie, lie, lie. For every lie you tell, you're gonna cry, cry, cry! (Johnny Cash)
The hairs on your arm will stand up. At the terror in each sip and in each sup. Will you partake of that last offered cup, Or disappear into the potter's ground. When the man comes around. View quote
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The line "because you're mine, I walk the line." View quote
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All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate...I choose love. View quote
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it's good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people. View quote
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I was wearing black clothes almost from the beginning. I feel comfortable in black. I felt like black looked good onstage, that it was attractive, so I started wearing it all the time. View quote
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I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get. View quote
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The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all I've got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer. View quote
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They're powerful, those songs. At times they've been my only way back, the only door out of the dark, bad places the black dog calls home. View quote
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There's always rhythm going in my mind. ... I'm either singing them - June will tell you, I'm either singing them, or I have got the beat going from one, or I'm writing one. View quote
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I think it speaks to our basic fundamental feelings, you know. Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does. (Johnny Cash)
At my door the leaves are falling; A cold wild wind has come. Sweethearts walk by together; And I still miss someone. View quote
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People say, Well, he wore that body out. Well, maybe I did. But it was to a good purpose. They should be thankful that I wore it out to the purpose I wore it out and that was writing and recording and touring and doing concerts. Everywhere I could possibly do them that I thought I might enjoy them. I thought people might enjoy me. View quote
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Just around the corner there's heartache Down the street that losers use. If you can wade in through the teardrops, You'll find me at the Home of the Blues. View quote
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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. View quote
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Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. View quote
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My arms are too short to box with God. View quote
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Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, I got on my knees and told her that I was going to marry her some day. We were both married to someone else at the time. ‘Ring Of Fire'-June and Merle Kilgore wrote that song for me-that's the way our love affair was. We fell madly in love and we worked together all the time, toured together all the time, and when the tour was over we both had to go home to other people. It hurt. View quote
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There's no way around grief and loss: you can dodge all you want, but sooner or later you just have to go into it, through it, and, hopefully, come out the other side. The world you find there will never be the same as the world you left. View quote
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Beneath the stains of time the feeling disappears, you are someone else I am still right here. View quote
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I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. (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. View quote
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The line "because you're mine, I walk the line." It kept coming to me, you know? But I was - I was ... young and not been married too long. Yes, it kept coming to me. Because you're mine, I walk the line. And then the words just naturally flowed. It was an easy song to write. View quote
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Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River. Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die. View quote
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Hey porter! Hey porter! Would you tell me the time? How much longer will it be till we cross that Mason Dixon Line? At daylight would ya tell that engineer to slow it down? Or better still, just stop the train, Cause I wanna look around. View quote
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Occupation: American Singer
Born: February 26, 1932
Died: September 12, 2003
Quotes count: 73
Wikipedia: Johnny Cash

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