What I said, what are you [Rick Rubin] going to do with me that nobody else has been able to do to sell records with me?

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.

Humanity is destined to explore, settle, and expand outward into the universe.

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.

Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst.

Assumptions are dangerous things. I like facts a lot better.

To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded.

Presence is the key to freedom, so you can only be free now.

Ice-T was just a pleasure to work with. He was a smart gentleman.

Love is the special feeling that brightens all our days, And the secret to its meaning is found in simple ways.

Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table.

It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.