Of travel I've had my share, man, I've been everywhere.

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.

The truth is that most of life will unfold in accordance with forces far outside your control, regardless of what your mind says about it.

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on earth.

I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.

Painted faces, sun burnt skin, fixed expressions, smiles worn thin.

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.

The way to resume is to resume. It is the only way. To resume.

Poetry is halfway between prose and music: it is sometimes like an intimate conversation, in words and phrases which need not be fully uttered, and sometimes like dancing and wordless music.

Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement.

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

We sin because we see sin as a bargain. We unconsciously calculate that it’s worth it, that it pays.