It's all fleeting. As fame is fleeting, so are all the trappings of fame fleeting. The money, the clothes, the furniture.

Some gal would giggle and I'd get red, and some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head. I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named Sue.

If I'm anything, I'm not a singer but I'm a song stylist.

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

[My mother] called [my voice] the gift.

It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks

I met Sam Phillips when he came in [studio] and I said, I'm John Cash. I'm the one who's been calling. And if you'd listen to me, I believe you'll be glad you did. And he said, come on in. That was a good lesson for me, you know, to believe in myself.