Johnny Cash
Steve Turner, Unpublished, written for Q, 1988
Who do people think Johnny Cash is? "A conservative country singer who lives down in the South somewhere," according to the Man in Black himself, whos none too pleased with the impression. "The misconception is that Im regional and they might even sometimes imply that Im a redneck and, heaven forbid, a bigot. But Ive been everywhere, and Ive seen almost everything."
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