The world he saw was sadder than the one he hoped to find. But it wasn't near as lonesome as the one he left behind.

You don't paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars.

His soul was bigger than a body's ought to be.

Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free.

I want you to know I'm an Army brat; I was a captain in the Army and my brother was a jet pilot in the Navy. So I support our troops; I identify with them. But I sure as hell don't identify with the bastards who sent them over there.

Johnny Cash's face belongs on Mount Rushmore...I don't write as much as I did back when I was writing songs every day. I've come to know when I've got a good one, although sometimes it takes the world awhile to catch up with me...If you're in it because you love it and you have to do it, that's the right reason. If you're in it because you want to get rich or famous, don't do it.

You're the only one that you are screwin', when you put down what you don't understand.