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Rosanne Cash Biography

Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of country music icon Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto Cash Distin, Johnny Cash's first wife.

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It's a little dangerous for me to get outside myself and think about how I want people to see me.

Dangerous, People, See, Think, Thinking, Want

Think about all of the families where the father is a doctor and the son is a doctor or generations of coal miners. Why did they go into that line of work? Because that's what they were taught. Or was it in their genes? It's not an either
or question. It's both. I was inclined in that way. I was sensitive to music and poetry, and it was around me growing up.

Families, Father, Growing Up, Son, Think

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

Believe, Destruction, Murder, Violence, War

I think that my sensitivity to music has actually deepened and expanded as I've gotten older. You add more life experience.

Thinking, Add, Life Experience, Actually, Music, Experience

I'm not the type to turn to drugs and alcohol, but I do have a profound devotion to art and music - and children.

Art, Children, Drugs, Profound, Turn

No, my step-daughter just opened a theatre school for children, I have another daughter who works in the record industry and another who is going back to collage and I have two little ones at home.

Back, Children, Daughter, Mother, Record

The religion I have is music. Even the times I have headaches, when I'm singing, I can't feel them. My dad used to say that, too, especially near the end of his life. He would be in pain - a lot of pain - and he said the only time when he didn't feel pain was when he performed and sang.

Dad, Headaches, Pain, Said, Singing, Time

Isn't that the goal, as you grow older? That you start reclaiming those parts of yourself you didn't recognize or didn't think were there all along? That's what happened when I made The River and the Thread record.

Goal, Record, Rivers, Think, Thinking, Thread

As John Adams said, all democracies will eventually self-destruct. We seem to be doing it very quickly.

Adams, Democracy, Eventually, John, Said, Self

My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.

Artist, Labels, Records, Time, Treating

Yeah, I was in the phase for the last ten years or so where every record I made I said OK, that's the last one, I don't want to record anymore, I don't want to do this any more, I don't want to have a public life.

Life, Phases, Record, Records, Ten, Years

I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.

Impossible, Sing, Song, Songs, Writing

There's always that moment when you realize what it's going to be. You might have an overarching theme and you need to fill in the blanks - and then there's this "Aha" moment when you see where it's going. That's the most satisfying part of writing.

Fill, Might, Moment, Needs, Realize, Writing

Just a thank you is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all.

Gratitude, Powerful, Prayer, Thank, Thank You, Thankful

And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it.

Voice, Focus, Anxiety, Back, Limitations

If I ignore my work, I start having anxiety attacks.

Anxiety, Anxiety Attacks, Attacks, Ifs, Start, Work

My dad had more compassion than me. He was nonjudgmental. He didn't care where you stood politically. He just took you as a person on face value. He could love all stripes, and that's why all stripes claim him. He didn't judge.

Dad, Compassion, Judging, Love, Took

I love mixing up my genres.

Genre, Genres, Love, Mixing

While visiting places in the South with my heart really open, I realized how important people in certain geographical spots were to me, what they symbolize, how I'm still connected to them and how much they are a part of my ancestry, both musical and real.

Heart, Open, People, Real, Spots, Symbolize

If you're playing in a tradition and you have no reference point to it, no understanding and have not studied it, I can't respect that.

Ifs, Point, Reference, Studied, Tradition, Understanding

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