There's a lot of things blamed on me that never happened. But then, there's a lot of things that I did that I never got caught at.

I've got no deep voice today. I've got a cold. But when I was young, I had a high tenor voice.

We went down [Folsom Prison] and there's a rodeo at all these shows that the prisoners have there. And in between the rodeo things, they asked me to set up and do two or three songs. So that was what I did. I did "Folsom Prison Blues," which they thought was their song - you know? - and "I Walk The Line," "Hey Porter," "Cry, Cry, Cry." And then the word got around on the grapevine that Johnny Cash is all right and that you ought to see him.

You miss a lot of opportunities by making mistakes, but that's part of it: knowing that you're not shut out forever, and that there's a goal you still can reach.

Creative people have to be fed from the divine source. I have to get fed. I had to get filled up in order to pour out.

A person knows when it just seems to feel right to them. Listen to your heart.

Loneliness is emptiness, but happiness is you.