John Carter Cash

My father claimed no political affiliation. He supported Al Gore because he knew him as a human being. He supported Lamar Alexander, who was the governor of Tennessee, who was a Republican. It was based on the individual. He didn't believe in politics. He based his support for someone on their heart and their integrity.

Well, my parents were sort of packrats. They never threw anything away and, all through their time together, they stored away various things in a vault.

Voice of the Spirit' was a project I'd been talking about for a long time. It began as an Appalachian record. But it's a record of all pure Southern gospel.

I'm always writing my own music, recording my own music, even if I am 9/10 of the time recording stuff for other people. I'm still working on my own creative endeavors.

My mother's death was very painful as it occurred over a period of a week. Watching her die was the hardest thing my dad ever went through.

The honest thing is that my parents wanted to help people. That is part of my responsibility, to carry on that legacy.

I love to cook, man, I'm the short-order cook of the house. It's also my creativity. The kitchen is my space. I'm always cooking, I'm always making something.

My mother was creative in the kitchen.

I never felt like I had to sound like my dad. I wanted my music to be creative expression with no expectations.

I like so many kinds of music, and I work with so many kinds of music as a producer. When you work in 14 different genres, I find myself writing in those genres.

My father was a very prolific writer and he left behind a huge body of unpublished work.

To me, those are the greatest treasures - the personal letters between my parents.