What was Johnny Cash like in real life throughout his life?

Let me make this clear; I'm a huge Cash-fan and I spent quite some days on reading his biography and searching information about him, so I might be qualified to answer this. read more

I believe he always tried to be nice, tried to do his best for himself, Vivian, his daughters, but being on drugs can be really hard. All I can say is that he truly was a kind and loving man, even though he was on drugs. read more

Johnny Cash’s most popular and best-selling albums were the live albums he recorded in prisons: namely, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison in 1968 and Johnny Cash at San Quentin in 1969. Throughout his career, he performed in prisons, sympathetic to the plight of inmates who ran afoul of society. read more

Ten years after his death, the Johnny Cash legend still looms large: from Sun Records and Folsom Prison to Rick Rubin, from"I Walk the Line" and"Ring of Fire" to"A Boy Named Sue," from his own autobiographies (Man in Black and Cash) to the Hollywood version of his life, starring Joaquin Phoenix. read more