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When I think about country music, I think about America.

Johnny Cash

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Johnny Cash
Age: 71 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 26
Died: 2003
Died: September 12
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John R. Cash
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[Sam Phillips] laughed at me. I just didn't like the way I Walk The Line sounded to me. I didn't know I sounded that way. And I didn't like it. I don't know. But he said let's give it a chance, and it was just a few days until - that's all it took to take off.
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When I get an idea for a song it would gel in my mind for weeks or months, and then one day just like that, Ill write it.
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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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I would take songs that I'd loved as a child and redo them in my mind for the new voice I had, the low voice.
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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
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After about three lessons [my] voice teacher said, Don't take voice lessons. Do it your way. You're a song stylist. Always do it your way.
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People call me wild. Not really though, I'm not.I guess I've never been normal, not what you call Establishment. I'm country.
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it's good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people
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The ones that you're calling wild are going to be the leaders in a little while.
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A rose looks grey at midnight, but the flame is just asleep. And steel is strong because it knows the hammer and white heat.
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I've always explored various areas of society.
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Get rhythm when you get the blues.
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So we raise her up every morning, we take her down every night, we don't let her touch the ground and we fold her up right. On second thought, I do like to brag 'cause I'm mighty proud of the Ragged Old Flag.
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When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry.
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Until things are brighter.. I'm the man in black.
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A person knows when it just seems to feel right to them. Listen to your heart.
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I knew Bob Dylan was searching for the truth and had been for years. And anyone who Really wants the truth ends up at Jesus
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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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The Master of Lifes been good to me. He has given me strength to face past illnesses, and victory in the face of defeat. He has given me life and joy where other saw oblivion. He Has given new purpose to live for, new services to render and old wounds to heal. Life and love go on, let the music play.
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Oh, I'd love to wear a rainbow everyday, And tell the world that everything's okay, But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back, Till things are brighter, I'm the Man in Black.
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