When I record somebody else's song, I have to make it my own or it doesn't feel right. I'll say to myself, I wrote this and he doesn't know it!
More Quotes from Johnny Cash:
So, I learn from my mistakes. It's a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there's no gain. I found that to be true in my life. You miss a lot of opportunities by making mistakes, but that's part of it knowing that you're not shut out forever, and that there's a goal you still can reach.Johnny Cash
You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way.
Johnny Cash
When I get an idea for a song it would gel in my mind for weeks or months, and then one day just like that, I'll write it.
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For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide.
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You can tell they're all having fun, as Johnny Cash sings that he'll live forever, coming back like a single drop of rain again and again. Waylon Jennings joins in with more of such verse, all of it in the vein of some down-home Longfellow. With the four of us, we had 135 years on the road, ... I almost did live forever.
Johnny Cash
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