Johnny Cash

My mother had an old book called "Heavenly Highway Hymns". She used to sit and play those songs in it - old church songs, country gospel songs, dozens of them - all the way through, over and over in her lifetime. My mother loved that book. It's mine now, and it's kind of dog eared and ragged, a little bit like I am, and I love that book too. So when I started picking out songs for an album of my favorite church and gospel songs, I went to my mothers hymn book, and I found the ones I wanted to record. The songs in that old book mean more to me than I can tell you, so I'll just sing em, me and my guitar, simple, no adornment, knowing that God loves music and that music bring hope for a better tomorrow. You asked me to pick my favorite album I've ever made and this is it. My Mother's Hymn Book. On that album I nailed it. That was me. Me and the guitar, and that's all there was in it and all there was it. I'm so glad that I got it done.

Johnny Cash