I wear black because I'm comfortable in it. But then in the summertime when it's hot I'm comfortable in light blue.

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.

I hated sports. I hated sports, and I hated people who played them, and I hated people who watched them, and I hated people who didn't hate people who watched or played them.

Allow love, to illuminate the unknown pathways that are destined - to be traveled.

My Aunt Ida at age eighty-three: 'Yeah,' she said, 'I'll be dead pretty soon. And frankly, I don't give a damn.'

How wonderful life is while you're in the world

Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.

Well Connor thought ruefully At least now I know who to thank for my anger issues.

Whenever I get a free day, I drive up to some part of California that looks promising on the map.

You won't believe what our kids are eating in the public schools. It's just nuts.

I worked hard, and if you work hard you get the goodies.

Choose a self and stand by it.