Quotables "August 29, 2003 Justin Timberlake on Johnny Cash" ". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014 . Retrieved April 5, 2014. I think [country music] speaks to our basic fundamental feelings … of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory.

According to Urbanski, Cash's self-perception was accurate: "He never intended to be categorized or pigeonholed", and indeed he amassed a "cluster of enigmas" which "was so impenetrably deep that even those closest to him never got to see every part of him". [144] After his discharge in July 1954, Cash married Vivian and settled with her in Memphis, Tennessee, where he worked, as best he could, as an appliance salesman. Pursuing music on the side, Cash teamed up with a couple of mechanics, Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins, who worked with Cash's older brother Roy. The young musicians soon formed a tight bond, with the crew and their wives often heading over to one of their houses to play music, much of it gospel. For discussion of, and lyrics to, Cash's songs, see Cusic, D., ed. (2004), Johnny Cash: The songs, New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth, ISBN 9781560256298 [ permanent dead link]Taking the Lead – Today's Christian". Archived from the original on April 10, 2008 . Retrieved April 28, 2015. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)

a b "Johnny Cash's excellent music variety TV show ran 58 episodes but was canceled in a "rural purge" ". The Vintage News. August 10, 2017 . Retrieved November 8, 2018.Colby Itkowitz (April 17, 2019). "Johnny Cash to replace Confederate statue on Capitol Hill". The Washington Post. Puterbaugh, Parke. "Essential Johnny Cash." Rolling Stone, October 16, 2003: 78. International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text [ProQuest]. Web. June 12, 2016. Turner, Stephen (2004), The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend, Nashville, TN: W Publishing, ISBN 978-0-8499-1820-9 . Clapp 2008, p.xvi: 'Very few figures in recent history are seen as more representative of American identity as Cash... His has often been suggested as the face that should be added to the select pantheon on Mt. Rushmore'

In '57, I wrote a song called "Old Apache Squaw" and then forgot the so-called Indian protest for a while, but nobody else seemed to speak up with any volume of voice. [71] Cash is credited with having converted actor and singer John Schneider to Christianity. [147] Legacy The clothes and guitar of Johnny Cash on exhibit in the Artist Gallery of the Musical Instrument Museum of Phoenix In 1980, Cash became the Country Music Hall of Fame's youngest living inductee at age 48, but during the 1980s, his records failed to make a major impact on the country charts, although he continued to tour successfully. In the mid-1980s, he recorded and toured with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson as The Highwaymen, making three hit albums, which were released beginning with the originally titled Highwayman in 1985, followed by Highwaymen 2 in 1990, and concluding with Highwaymen– The Road Goes On Forever in 1995.The Guitars of Johnny Cash", Fretbase.com, August 2008, archived from the original on October 1, 2008 Hilburn, Robert (October 29, 2013). "Interview: Robert Hilburn, Author Of 'Johnny Cash: The Life' ". NPR . Retrieved April 25, 2014. Jojola, Lloyd (January 31, 2011). "ABQJOURNAL PROFILES: Sanchez: Matriarch to Musicians". Albuquerque Journal. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020 . Retrieved February 5, 2020. Insight from loved ones and classic concert footage come together to paint a picture of the larger-than-life Johnny Cash as this film explores his musical and artistic expression. [S,AD] From an early age Cash, who began writing songs at age 12, showed a love for the music that enveloped his life. Sensing her boy's gift for song, Carrie scraped together enough money so that he could take singing lessons. However, after just three lessons his teacher, enthralled with Cash's already unique singing style, told him to stop taking lessons and to never deviate from his natural voice.