John Carter Cash Quotes

I'm living my dream right now. I get to make music, perform and travel.

If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.

Being a rock n' roll star ain't a part-time gig.

What I always wanted to do was to be a rock star.

If I could go back, I think I would be a rock star instead of an actor, man.

I wanted to be a rock star.

I gave my last concert in 1976. For 32 years, I had given everything I had. I wanted to stop. My last big debut was in Russia in 1973. After I retired, I didn't have to worry about going out in bad weather. I could stay up late.

Being a part-time pop star was perfect, really, when I wasn't worn out by the partying.

Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.

Singing is my passion and I always wanted to travel the country.

I've been performing since 1955. I'm going to have to keep performing till I die because I'm not going to die in some rocking chair with a big ol' beer belly.

I'd love to be a rockstar.

I really want to be a rock star.

I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.

I always wanted to be a rock'n'roll star.

Secretly, or maybe not so secretly, I've always wanted to be a rock star.

If I could ask for any life, I'd like to be the lead singer and guitarist for Willie Nelson & Family. That is to say, Willie.

I love entertaining people, I love playing music, and I love rocking like an animal. But at a certain point, you're playing gig after gig after gig, in town after town after town, and you're lying down, staring at another hotel-room ceiling, and it's like, 'I want to be home. I'm a dad. I've got kids.'

I will die, but not retire.

I think it would be really awesome to be a rock star.

Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.

When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.

I think of my shows as family reunions. I give 100% every time. I just do. It's a huge therapeutic release. Also I love my touring family. And I love my audiences very much.

You have to spend a lot more time on the road these days if you want to make a living with music.

I never envisioned being a rock star. I envisioned the stage. I would draw and draw and draw the stage, or the tour bus. It was much simpler.