I thought I pretty much knew Johnny Cash's life. But one of my personal discoveries was how little we know about any of these people.
I learned how difficult it is to be an artist. There are always compromises. The record company wants you to do this, your fans want you to do this, … - Robert Hilburn
I learned how difficult it is to be an artist. There are always compromises. The record company wants you to do this, your fans want you to do this, …
- Robert Hilburn
Take any celebrity - all we really know is what they choose to tell us, or what they show us in public. - Robert Hilburn
Take any celebrity - all we really know is what they choose to tell us, or what they show us in public.
There was a lot of sorrow in [Johnny] Cash's life. Even while he's trying to make music to inspire people he's fighting day after day with his own de… - Robert Hilburn
There was a lot of sorrow in [Johnny] Cash's life. Even while he's trying to make music to inspire people he's fighting day after day with his own de…
Country music is full of affairs and cheating; that's where all those Hank Williams songs come from. - Robert Hilburn
Country music is full of affairs and cheating; that's where all those Hank Williams songs come from.
He [Johnny Cash] always wanted to use his music to lift other people up, to say no matter how much trouble, there's hope. That was always his message… - Robert Hilburn
He [Johnny Cash] always wanted to use his music to lift other people up, to say no matter how much trouble, there's hope. That was always his message…
Me growing up in the '60s and '70s, there was almost something romantic about drugs, Keith Richards taking drugs and stuff. - Robert Hilburn
Me growing up in the '60s and '70s, there was almost something romantic about drugs, Keith Richards taking drugs and stuff.
I haven't felt the excitement for so many years. I feel guilty beyond words about these things. When we're back-stage and the lights go out, and the … - Robert Hilburn
I haven't felt the excitement for so many years. I feel guilty beyond words about these things. When we're back-stage and the lights go out, and the …
I think it is hard to find happiness, as a whole, in anything. The days of tender youth are gone. I think you can be delirious in your youth, but as … - Robert Hilburn
I think it is hard to find happiness, as a whole, in anything. The days of tender youth are gone. I think you can be delirious in your youth, but as …
It's important to realize that everybody who went into country music, and most everybody who went into rock and roll in the '50s, they had no more go… - Robert Hilburn
It's important to realize that everybody who went into country music, and most everybody who went into rock and roll in the '50s, they had no more go…
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