Folsom Prison Blues Quotes

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

I know every Skynyrd and about all Johnny Cash songs.

Johnny Cash's legacy, I think if it was one word, it would be 'integrity.' He was the original wild man and grew from that guy that was doing all the crazy things that you read that rock n' rollers do to being someone who was like the father of our country, you know. He was a guest at the White House. He was Billy Graham's friend.

The world has lost a legend, and I have lost a friend. Johnny Cash was the rare soul who could be both.

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

I was driving to school at Reseda High School - I was a junior, and it was early 1956. I had a '49 Ford. I was listening to the country station, and 'Folsom Prison Blues' comes on... It didn't sound like the stuff I was hearing on the pop stations.

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

For 'The Lobster Kings,' I listened to a lot of Johnny Cash. And it makes its way into the book.

I'm a big-time Johnny Cash fan.

I had a song called "Folsom Prison Blues" that was a hit just before "I Walk The Line." And the people in Texas heard about it at the state prison and got to writing me letters asking me to come down there. So I responded and then the warden called me and asked if I would come down and do a show for the prisoners in Texas.

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 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 Walk The Line was my third record.