I expect my life to end pretty soon. You know, I'm 71 years old. I have great faith, though. I have unshakable faith.

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.

Never misuse your God-given opportunities, it may be the path to fulfilling your destiny.

The first draft doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to be written!

It is not the spirit of wealth, of learning, or of culture that can make the church of value, or a power for good in the world, but the spirit of Christ only.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances.

Travel definitely affects me as a writer.

Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood.

I must say, I don't think there's any more challenging music out there in jazz than what we're doing.

God is the Sun and when His rays fall upon your heart, not impeded by the clouds of egoism, the lotus blooms and the petals unfold.

In nature alone are forms. That which is not of nature cannot have any forms, fine or gross. It must be formless.

Opportunities don't knock, they whisper. So shut up and listen.