I’ve never met someone who didn’t like Johnny Cash.
And long before I came to enjoy country music, I knew there was something special about the Man in Black.
Sure he wrote some great songs, but it was his unapologetic, outlaw spirit that made him a cultural icon.
He played inside maximum-security prisons, famously flipped the bird to the Nashville establishment, and lived hard enough for ten lifetimes. Punks, metalheads, and grandfathers all respected him equally because he was 100% authentic.
Here are some of his greatest, grittiest quotes that prove Mr. Cash was the ultimate American badass.