I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight.
Johnny CashMy daddy left home when I was three and he didn't leave much to Ma and me, just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Johnny CashCreative 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.
Johnny CashI had an empathy for prisoners and did concerts for them back when I thought that it would make a difference - you know? - that they really were there to be rehabilitated.
Johnny CashSo I simply don't buy the concept of "Generation X" as the "lost generation." I see too many good kids out there, kids who are ready and willing to do the right thing, just as Jack was. Their distractions are greater, though. There's no more simple life with simple choices for the young.
Johnny Cash