Johnny Cash
When you sing, you pray twice.Collection: Prayer
I knew Bob Dylan was searching for the truth and had been for years. And anyone who Really wants the truth ends up at JesusCollection: Jesus
Everything I have and everything I do is now given completely to Jesus Christ.Collection: Jesus
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.Collection: Country
Stop your ears and close your eyes and try to find the face of love.Collection: Eye
When I'm gone I'll be remembered as the workin' man who put his point across with a right hand full of knuckles.Collection: Work
Six foot six he stood on the ground He weighed two hundred and thirty-five pounds But I saw that giant of a man brought down To his knees by loveCollection: Men
If you're going to be a Christian, you're going to change. You're going to lose some old friends, not because you want to, but because you need to.Collection: Christian
People ask me who is my favorite country artist. I say, you mean besides George Jones.Collection: Country
Death and hell are never full, and neither are men's eyes.Collection: Death
I keep my eyes wide open all the time.Collection: Eye
Until things are brighter.. I'm the man in black.Collection: Men
Burn my Flag and I will shoot you........but I'll shoot you with a lot of love, like a good AmericanCollection: Military
A person knows when it just seems to feel right to them. Listen to your heart.Collection: Heart
A rose looks grey at midnight, but the flame is just asleep. And steel is strong because it knows the hammer and white heat.Collection: Strong
You can ask the people around me. I don't give up. I don't give up. I don't give - and it's not out of frustration and desperation that I say I don't give up. I don't give up because I don't give up. I don't believe in it.Collection: Giving Up
The beast in me Is caged by frail and fragile bars.Collection: Bars
I have tried drugs and a little of everything else, and there is nothing in the world more soul-satisfying than having the kingdom of God building inside you and growing.Collection: Drug
Those that have lived longer than us always have something to teach us, that we can take with us for the rest of our lives.Collection: Teach
Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable...but most of all, it's having those loved ones.Collection: Love
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.Collection: Mistake
We'll all be equal under the grass, and God's got a heaven for country trash.Collection: Death
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.Collection: Pain
Love is a burning thing and it makes a firey ring.Collection: Valentines Day
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.Collection: Love
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, But is there because he's a victim of the times. I wear the black for those who never readCollection: Long
The ones that you're calling wild are going to be the leaders in a little while.Collection: Leader
It's good to believe in yourself, but there are people out there who can make or break you.Collection: Believe
There's unconditional love there. You hear that phrase a lot but it's real with me and her [June Carter]. She loves me in spite of everything, in spite of myself. She has saved my life more than once. She's always been there with her love, and it has certainly made me forget the pain for a long time, many times. When it gets dark and everybody's gone home and the lights are turned off, it's just me and her.Collection: Pain
Get rhythm when you get the blues.Collection: Rhythm
Being rich means you get to worry about everything except money.Collection: Mean
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you're mine, I walk the line.Collection: Heart
Deep in the heart of the infinite darkness, a tiny blue marble is spinning through space. Born in the splendor of God's holy vision, and sliding away like a tear down his face.Collection: Heart
Prisoners are the greatest audience that an entertainer can perform to.Collection: Prisoner
When I was a baby, my mama told me son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno.Collection: Baby
I knew that when I left there at the age of 18, I wouldn't be back. And it was common knowledge among all the people there that when you graduate from high school here, you go to college or go get a job or something and do it on your own.Collection: Jobs
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town.Collection: Black
Come on boys, you must listen unto me, lay off the whiskey and let that cocaine be.Collection: Boys
Everybody was wearing rhinestones, all those sparkly clothes, and cowboy boots. I decided to wear a black shirt and pants and see if I could get by with it. I did and I've worn black clothes ever since.Collection: Cowboy
I'm thankful for a pair of shoes that feel really good on my feet; I like my shoes. I'm thankful for the birds; I feel like they're singing just for me when I get up in the morning... Saying, 'Good morning, John. You made it, John.' I'm thankful for the sea breeze that feels so good right now, and the scent of jasmine when the sun starts going down. I'm thankful.Collection: Morning
I've always explored various areas of society. And I love the young people. And I had an empathy for prisoners and did concerts for them back when I thought that it would make a difference - you know? - that they really were there to be rehabilitated.Collection: Differences
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red, and some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head. I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named Sue.Collection: Boys
Well, I take great comfort in the words of the apostle Paul who said, ‘What I will to do, that I do not practice. But what I hate, that I do.’ And he said, ‘It is no longer I who do it, but the sin that dwells within me. But who,’ he asks, ‘will deliver me from this body of death?’ And he answers for himself and for me, ‘Through Jesus Christ the Lord.'Collection: Jesus
Why me, Lord? What have I ever done to deserve even one of the blessings I've known? Why me, Lord? What did I ever do that was worth love from you and the kindness you've shown? Lord, help me, Jesus, I've wasted it so. Help me, Jesus. I know what I am. Now that I know that I've needed you so, help me, Jesus. My soul's in your hand.Collection: Jesus
Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood, and you're the one I needCollection: Blood