Six foot six he stood on the groundHe weighed two hundred and thirty-five poundsBut I saw that giant of a man brought downTo his knees by love

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.

Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don't keep space in your head for writing, you won't write even if you have the time.

Information is power. Information empowers. Information is powerless if not applied.

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

The market didn't define the music the music defined the market.

The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.

If we are destined to be together again, be happy to know you’ll be getting the real me, not some blubbering half me.

It was a beautiful letdown, the day I knew, that all the riches this world had to offer me, will never do.

It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.

"Have you heard any Stockhausen?" Beecham was asked. "No, but I believe I have stepped in some."

Communism didn't work because people weren't ready for it, it was corrupt, and because it squelched individualism.