Being a Johnny Cash fan already I spotted this book while shopping and had to pick it up. I enjoyed it from start to finish. Cash had so many interesting stories to tell, from tragedy, his addiction to drugs, to his fame and meeting his wife June. This autobiography gives such an amazing insight to Johnny's life from his childhood on the cotton field to his staggering career in music. Even if you aren't a fan of Johnny Cash I would recommend this book because it's such an inspiring and heartwarming read.

A brilliant story of a brilliant man.

In the movie High Fidelity, the main character is talking about the well-known books he has read and then concludes with, "But I have to say my all time favorite book is Johnny Cash's autobiography, Cash by Johnny Cash." This line in this movie is the sole reason I first decided to read this book. It captured me almost immediately as Cash describes growing up poor in the South and picking cotton. His life story is incredible and told with all the beauty and lyrical language that made him a great song writer. This book provides insight not just into Cash's life but gives a glimpse at different periods in recent American history. An amazing life, full of hardship, myth, love and beauty, I felt privileged to have this glimpse that Cash gives with such honesty. I have read this book twice all the way through, and I am not sure I can say that for any other biography or autobiography.

ycie Casha to na pewno wspaniay materia na ksik. Nie jestem fanem, jednak podziwiam go jako artyst i jestem pena uzania za jego wkad w rozwój muzyki. Oczywicie najbadziej lubimy te kawaki, które dobrze znamy, czyli dla mnie wciagajce byy fragmenty skupiajce si na pocztkach jego kariery, gdy nagrywa dla the Sun, jedzi w trasy z Elvisem czy Jerrym Lee Lewisem, uzaleni si od narkotyków, pozna June Carter i wytrzewia, nagra Folsom Prison Blues, a take o okolicznociach powstania American Recordings w latach 90-tych. To wszytsko znajdziemy w autobiografii. Mam wraenie, e jest ona skonstruwana jako hod, dla ludzi, którzy okazali si wani w yciu Casha, dla miejsc, które go uksztatoway. Nie zaiteresoway mnie specjalnie fragmenty powicone yciu duchowemu, a czasami mczyy mnie megalomania autora i pojawiajace sie co chwil nazwiska, które mnie, osobie nie obytej w wiecie country, nic nie mówiy. Uwzaam ksik, za ciekawe ródo wiedzy o rodowisku Nashville i ródach country, jednak zabrako polotu.

I asked Jaime if it was right to listen to pop country while finishing Cash by Cash, and then J.R lobbed a compliment to Trisha Yearwood on the last page....which is exactly how generous this book is. 4 stars when he's talking about the things he loves (June, old friends, homes, faith, Nickajack Cave, pills, Dolly Parton, study) or regrets (Vivian, absence, addiction).On June:"She's the easiest woman in the world for me to live with, I guess because I know her so well, and she knows me so well, and we get along handsomely... She's my life's companion, and she's a sweet companion. She's very loving, especially with me, and very kind -- there are people who can be loving, but not kind, but she's loving and kind."On everything else:"When we come in from a tour, we both need time and space apart so I'll pack up my little suitcase and head here to the farm, and she'll pack her suitcase and head for New York City. It's necessary, I think, for marriage partners to have some free time apart from each other. I've found it to be true in my own marriage, and it's straight from Scripture; Paul exhorted us to spend time apart so that our coming together is stronger. June and I don't let it go many days though. Usually we're ready to be back together after just two or three."