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I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God.

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Johnny Cash
Age: 71 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 26
Died: 2003
Died: September 12
Actor
Autobiographer
Composer
Film Actor
Guitarist
Mandolinist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Kingsland
Arkansas
The Man in Black
John R. Cash
J. R. Cash
Love
Times
Horse
Rebellion
Courtship
Family
Judgment
Patriotism
Damnation
War
Songs
Separation
Railroads
Song
Pride
Determination
Adultery
Death
Marriage
Salvation
Heartbreak
Mother
Humor
Murder
Whiskey
Home
Land
Tragedy
Piety
Larceny
Hard
Age
Prison
Horses
Rambling

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If you aren't gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.
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I'm not really concerned about boundaries. I just follow my conscience and my heart. Follow your heart. That's what I do. Compassion is something I have a lot of, because I've been through a lot of pain in my life. Anybody who has suffered a lot of pain has a lot of compassion.
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It was kind of a prodding myself to play I Walk The Line straight.
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Of travel I've had my share, man, I've been everywhere.
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Understand your man, meditate on it.
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Sam Phillips asked me to go write a love song, or maybe a bitter weeper. So I wrote a song called, Cry Cry Cry, went back in and recorded that for the other side of the record.
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He went up to heaven, located his dog. Not only that, but he rejoined his arm.
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Call him drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer any more. Not the whiskey drinking Indian, nor the Marine that went to war.
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I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
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I've always explored various areas of society.
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He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand, and tried to tell himself at last he had become a man.
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When you sing, you pray twice.
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I wear black for those who never read or listen to the words that Jesus said, about the road to happiness, through love and charity.
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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.
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I'm not bitter. Why should I be bitter? I'm thrilled to death with life.
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Life is the question and life is the answer, and God is the reason and love is the way.
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The first time I knew what I wanted to do with my life was when I was about four years old. I was listening to an old Victrola, playing a railroad song...I thought that was the most wonderful, amazing thing...That you could take this piece of wax and music would come out of that box. From that day on, I wanted to sing on the radio.
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I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight.
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I knew I wanted to sing when I was a very small boy. When I was probably 4 years old. My mother played a guitar and I would sit with her and she would sing and I learned to sing along with her.
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It takes a real man to live for God-a lot more man than to live for the devil, you know? If you really want to live right these days, you gotta be tough.
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