Johnny Cash

'A brilliant story of an even more brilliant songwriter' Keith Richards

'Hilburn displays a deeply felt affinity with his subject' Patti Smith

'The definitive book on the roller-coaster life of Cash' Rick Rubin

In Johnny Cash: The Life, Robert Hilburn conveys the untarnished truth about a musical icon. Drawing upon his personal experience with Cash and a trove of never-before-seen material from the singer's inner circle, Hilburn creates an utterly compelling, deeply human portrait of one of the most influential figures in modern popular culture

. 'Johnny Cash ...Every man could relate to him, no man could be him, and only one man could get inside his head - Robert Hilburn' Bono

'A great story requires great storytelling, and that's exactly what it receives here' Charles Shaar Murray, Literary Review