Johnny Cash's Major Accomplishments

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“The Man in Black,” country musician, songwriter, and actor, the Identity of this legend is Johnny Cash. The man in question has a mentality stronger than steel, In an interview in 1993 Cash said this, “Someone else said ‘every day in every way I’m getting better and better,’ I didn’t ‘specially believe that about myself, but I said it everyday and I made myself it and it worked”(“Johnny Cash 1993 Interview”). Through his determination, he ensured his success: , “I went and knocked on that door and was turned away, I called back for an interview three or four times, was turned away, so one morning I found out what time the man went to work I went down with my guitar and sat on his steps until he got there.” Because of Cash’s conviction to make it in the music industry, he spoke with the man who could have turned him away, but he said, ‘Come on in let’s listen.’” …show more content…

But the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were not his greatest accomplishments according to Cash “‘The big one for me, the most important one, that meant more to me, was the songwriters hall of fame, to recognize a talent that comes out of a person-comes from God through a person really-that means more to me’”(“Johnny Cash 1993 Interview”). Along with these things, Cash earned a multitude of other accolades such as “13 Grammy Awards, including a lifetime achievement award in 1999, and 9 Country Music Association Awards.” as well as, “In 1996 he received a Kennedy Center Honor”(“Johnny

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