A Song Stylist Is, Like, To Take

We Went Down [folsom Prison] And There's A Rodeo At All These Shows That The Prisoners Have There. And In Between The Rodeo Things, They Asked Me To Set Up And Do Two Or Three Songs. So That Was What I Did. I Did "folsom Prison Blues," Which They Thought Was Their Song - You Know? - And "i Walk The Line," "hey Porter," "cry, Cry, Cry." And Then The Word Got Around On The Grapevine That Johnny Cash Is All Right And That You Ought To See Him.

[sam Phillips] Laughed At Me. I Just Didn't Like The Way I Walk The Line Sounded To Me. I Didn't Know I Sounded That Way. And I Didn't Like It. I Don't Know. But He Said Let's Give It A Chance, And It Was Just A Few Days Until - That's All It Took To Take Off.

I'm Thankful For A Pair Of Shoes That Feel Really Good On My Feet; I Like My Shoes. I'm Thankful For The Birds; I Feel Like They're Singing Just For Me When I Get Up In The Morning... Saying, 'good Morning, John. You Made It, John.' I'm Thankful For The Sea Breeze That Feels So Good Right Now, And The Scent Of Jasmine When The Sun Starts Going Down. I'm Thankful.

My Mother Always Told Me That Any Talent Is A Gift Of God And I Always Believed It. If I Quit, I Would Just Live In Front Of The Television And Get Fat And Die Pretty Soon.

I Haven't Been Familiar With Hard Work. It Was No Problem For Me. But First I Hitchhiked To Pontiac, Mich. And Got A Job Working In Fisher Body Making Those 1951 Pontiacs.