My 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.

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.

Travel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with existence or the exotic. It is almost always an inner experience.

The key to success is our will power full with confidence.

As Melissa got closer, the taste of school began to foul her mouth.

But unlike Hillary Clinton, I know that flying is an activity, not an accomplishment.

Raising wages is one of my top priorities.

Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.

Before Guadalcanal the enemy advanced at his pleasure - after Guadalcanal he retreated at ours.

Something there is in cyberspace that doesn't love an apostrophe.

I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.

I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I responded, "I guess it's hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances.