Music Monday - Johnny Cash

I'm wearing one of my Johnny Cash t-shirts and my deluxe edition of the 'Cash - The Legend' box set showed up in the mail today. Hmm, who should I feature today?

Johnny Cash was Johnny Cash. He's not really country, but he was for awhile. He's not really Western, but he was for awhile. He's not really folk, but you could argue he was for awhile. Johnny Cash made people happy being Johnny Cash, expressing himself in the way he enjoyed expressing himself and, like him or not, you've got to admire someone that can accomplish that in their life. I surely do.



'I liked those hotels in Europe where they had the beautiful paintings on the walls. This one painting, this woman had this beautiful cleavage and I tried to throw my Bowie knife in between her breasts. Sometimes I made it, sometimes I'd miss a little bit. That cost me a thousand dollars.' - Johnny Cash



'CBS were laying their money on the young people. If you were over a certain age and your body didn't look just right, the record companies wouldn't put money on you. Problem was, there are a lot of beautiful people, and a lot of talented people, but there aren't that many that are both.' - Johnny Cash



'Don't break your tap root, or you'll die. That's the root that's tapped in to the divine -- into the sacred, the holy, the power. Into life.' - Johnny Cash



Forever the Man in Black.

The Essential Johnny Cash     At Folsom Prison     The Johnny Cash Show: The Best of Johnny Cash 1969-1971