I just watched 'Walk The Line' (again). Great film! Now, sometimes, a singer-songwriter finds himself in front of a brand new audience and it's tempting to perform a cover - something the audience knows - then hope for the best. But this quote - attributed to the famed Sun Studios record producer, Sam Philip as he auditioned the young Johnny Cash - would surely inspire any musician to get out there and play his own music....
"If you was hit by a truck and you was lying out there in that gutter dying, and you had time to sing one song. Huh? One song that people would remember before you're dirt. One song that would let God know how you felt about your time here on Earth. One song that would sum you up. You tellin' me that's the song you'd sing? That same tune we hear on the radio all day, about your peace within, and how it's real, and how you're gonna shout it? Or... would you sing somethin' different. Somethin' real. Somethin' you felt. Cause I'm telling you right now, that's the kind of song people want to hear. That's the kind of song that truly saves people. It ain't got nothin to do with believin' in God.... It has to do with believin'' in yourself."- Sam Philips to Johnny Cash, Walk The Line
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