A rose looks grey at midnight, but the flame is just asleep. And steel is strong because it knows the hammer and white heat.

I have tried drugs and a little of everything else, and there is nothing in the world more soul-satisfying than having the kingdom of God building inside you and growing.

What I said, what are you [Rick Rubin] going to do with me that nobody else has been able to do to sell records with me?

Deep in the heart of the infinite darkness, a tiny blue marble is spinning through space. Born in the splendor of God's holy vision, and sliding away like a tear down his face.

I Walk The Line was my third record.

The more I learn, the more excited I get.

When I was 17 - 16, my father and I cut wood all day long and I was swinging that crosscut saw and hauling wood.