Quotes By Johnny Cash

I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.

Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.

When God forgave me, I figured I'd better do it too.

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's good to be hated by the right people.

Life and love go on, let the music play.

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.

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.

There's no way around grief and loss: you can dodge all you want, but sooner or later you just have to go into it, through it, and, hopefully, come out the other side. The world you find there will never be the same as the world you left.

Life is rough so you gotta be tough.

All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate...I choose love.

You have to be what you are. Whatever you are, you gotta be it.

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.

If you aren't gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.