“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 in his songs. That's why he and [Bob] Dylan bonded so much, because they were both trying to do something meaningful.” PeopleTryingMatterUseWantedSongTroubleMessagesMeaningfulLiftsCashBobDylan Author: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 goal than a hit on the jukebox. Johnny Cash from the very beginning had a goal that he wanted to make music that lifted people's spirits.” PeopleImportantCountryWantedSpiritGoalRealizingRocksCashRock And RollJukebox Author:Robert Hilburn
