Gospel music is so ingrained into my bones. I can't do a concert without singing a gospel song. It's what I was raised on.

If you aren't gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.

I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine.

You have to be what you are. Whatever you are, you gotta be it.

Life is rough so you gotta be tough.

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.

Life and love go on, let the music play.

I learn from my mistakes. It’s a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there’s no gain.

it's good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people

There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I'm the biggest sinner of them all.

Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.

People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude.

The Wire,' I was such a fan of that show the first season - I think that's the best-written show on TV.

Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.

In painting as in prose, a good eye is not enough to tell you whether what you see is real or fake.

Generally speaking, the greater a woman's beauty, the greater her modesty.

It is commonly believed that the rights of the American people come from the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth.

He's tough (Tiger Woods). I wish I was that tough when I was his age.

We must neither behave as children by resisting honesty, nor allow ourselves to be treated as children by having honesty withheld.

It's always been about when I do theater, the audience is just a viewer, not taking part in what's onstage. Whereas if you're doing stand-up, it's inclusive.

It was nice that there [ in the Bourne Ultimatum ] was a reference to the relationship . It's very subtle - it's actually without dialogue. I do think it's powerful even without words.