Emmylou Harris Quotes

I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.

I still have a hard time saying who Johnny [ Cash ] is in one sentence. He seemed so contradictory in his actions, and I think that's probably what is most fascinating about him and what made him such an interesting character to study.

I wear the black for those who never read.

Someone who's a great hero of mine and has become a friend is Patti Smith.

When we lost Glen Campbell, we lost an American original. We also lost a really good man.

At the end of the day, Johnny Cash was a poet.

Through the '80s, nobody cared about Johnny Cash.

I'm a big-time Johnny Cash fan.

Roy Acuff was a big hero for me, and I was so sad when he passed. It's hard as you get older to lose your friends and family.

When I think of artists that I would have loved to work with, it's Jimi Hendrix. And Steve McQueen. He's not a rock star, but he's kind of a rock star to me.

Lou Reed's music has been in the lives of millions of people all over the world for decades. He had a truly universal presence and was respected by musicians across all genres.

Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence.

I wrote 'All You Could Ask For' to honor a friend, Heidi Armitage, who left us much too soon in 2009 at the age of 43.

We die as often as we lose a friend.

One of my favorites is one called 'Rory's Radio' that I wrote about my brother Jeff's best friend growing up - his name was Rory Dunigan. I dedicated my first record to my brother, who got killed in a car accident in 1999, and I really didn't have any songs on the first album about him, nothing on a personal note.

I would love to just talk to Paul McCartney. That would be incredible, but that is definitely like a dream.

Everybody likes Johnny Cash. I think the sad part of it is his health is givin' him problems.

I worked with Carl Perkins on a number of shows. Live shows. He just showed up and played. He just killed. Killed! Man... he was amazing!

The drummer in my first band was killed in Vietnam. He kind of signed up and joined the marines. Bart Hanes was his name. He was one of those guys that was jokin' all the time, always playin' the clown.

I am deeply saddened by the death of my dear friend, Dudley Moore.

I was carrying my friend in his casket to put him in the hearse, and I was thinking, 'I need to write a song for this guy, because he always told me I would have a No. 1 song.'

Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain.

We have not been able to tour since MCA, Adam Yauch, died.

Prince inspired me. He changed my life. I will miss him greatly.

There is only one Steve Perry, and I am a fan.