Quotes from John Carter Cash

He was self-sacrificing in many different ways, and my father was a man of paradoxes.

Voice of the Spirit' was a project I'd been talking about for a long time. It began as an Appalachian record. But it's a record of all pure Southern gospel.

My father was a patriot.

I was getting up on stage and taking a bow as soon as I could stand.

I don't think anyone in the world could play my father, look just like him, act just like him, and make you believe he's Johnny Cash. Joaquin Phoenix gets as close as anybody I think ever could.

There's nothing purer than Janette Carter with an autoharp.

There are a whole lot of Carter Family songs.

My mother made wonderful cheesecake. She loved cheesecake. She ate it every day of her life.

So many use dad's name, saying 'Johnny Cash would not like this' or 'Johnny Cash would do this' or 'Johnny Cash would vote for... ' Please, let his actions speak for who he was: A simple, loving man who never supported hate or bigotry. He was non-political, and a patriot with no public political party affiliation.

There was so much about my dad that wasn't on the surface.

Dad never ceased to remind my mother of his love for her.

The poem that became the song 'Gold All Over the Ground' was written during 1967, when my dad was really falling in love with my mother.

My father had a way of exposing himself, of showing weakness and still retaining his dignity.

My mother's death was very painful as it occurred over a period of a week. Watching her die was the hardest thing my dad ever went through.

Mom was very protective of me. Her hands were gentle, and her touch was soothing. She always talked quite a bit, but she was bright and affectionate.

I try to weigh out the dark and the light. They were both very real aspects of my Dad. To me, the good and the healing and the light outweigh the dark so much, and that's why I focus on the good.

My father was always much more willing to laugh than to go to the darkness.

I like so many kinds of music, and I work with so many kinds of music as a producer. When you work in 14 different genres, I find myself writing in those genres.

My father, he made chili; that was probably his favorite dish to make.

There are a lot of things about my father, various things, that people connect with. He was that diverse of a person, and he has a diverse fanbase.

The Carter family history means a lot to me.

Dad had a way of defining himself. He couldn't put his finger on whether it was rock 'n' roll or country.

When I was young, my mother said to me, 'Momma loves her little son.' Now, this tender endearment holds a firm meaning within my life, inside my spirit. It reminds me that in sharing love, it grows that much greater in our hearts.

My father claimed no political affiliation. He supported Al Gore because he knew him as a human being. He supported Lamar Alexander, who was the governor of Tennessee, who was a Republican. It was based on the individual. He didn't believe in politics. He based his support for someone on their heart and their integrity.