One day, I just decided I'm ready to go. So I went down with my guitar and sat on the front steps of Sam Phillips recording studio.

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 would always rather be happy than dignified.

I learned about lifefrom life itself, love I learned in a single kissand could teach no one anythingexcept that I have livedwith something in common among men.

I do not want to believe that death is the gateway to another life. For me, it is a closed door. I do not say it is a step we must all take, but that it is a horrible and dirty adventure.

If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you are now.

To acheive happiness, we should make certain that we are never without an important goal.

If we could just find out who's in charge, we could kill him.

When you don't want to be interesting, you are free.

A reporter shoots first, aims later.

When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.

Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than as an aid to his theory.