When I was 17 - 16, my father and I cut wood all day long and I was swinging that crosscut saw and hauling wood.

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.

It was good to walk into a library again it smelled like home.

It is through victims such as myself who still have a voice that the world will change to be a better place.

Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.

I was born in Paris, and it's a beautiful place, but London feels like home. I like the village feeling, I like running in the parks - even the food isn't as bad as it used to be.

Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.

Love is the beginning of the journey, its end, and the journey itself.

I would try and sing along with bands that I like but it sounded so atrocious that I couldn't.

Love is the most important healing power there is.

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

Bloom never pissed me off because there are critics out there, and he's one of them, who take their ignorance about popular culture as a badge of intellectual prowess.