1. Although a country legend, Cash was discovered by younger generation mostly due to his inspired and so personal covers of songs by bands which weren't around when he was already famous. Although the most popular of these covers is still Hurt (Nine Inch Nails), he also provided his own versions of Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode) or One (U2). Or as many said after, when Cash covers your song it's not your song anymore. 2. Johnny Cash is not his real (or original) name. He was named J.R. Cash by his parents and he even has this name on the school diploma. Only when he enlisted in the army the recruiter was furious about the idea of a soldier having that kind of a name. So J.R. became John R. Cash. Then Johnny Cash.
3. Another huge singer, Roy Orbison, was his neighbour for over two decades.
4. He loved animals and had several in his animals park situated on the House of Cash, which also had a recording studio, a museum and even a gift shop for the visitors. In 1981, when he had to move the animals for the winter, an ostritch named Waldo nearly killed the singer. The bird hit him so hard that Cash ended up in the hospital with five broken ribs, several lacerations and lots of pain. He was closer the death that he could have imagined.
5. He also holds the record of being the very first US citizen sued by the government for starting a forest fire. Of course, it was an accident, but still it didn't help his case.
6. When he was a boy Cash was a fan of the Frankenstein monster and really loved the movie.
7. Presumably he was afraid of flying and especially of snakes.
8. During the wild touring days of the 1950s Cash and his band bought no less than 500 baby chickens and then simply let the birds loose on every single floor of the hotel they were staying at. Let's just say that the management wasn't happy.
9. He started every performance by simply saying "Hello. I'm Johnny Cash".
10. Johnny Cash became known as the Man in Black after he started wearing this colour on stage and especially after releasing the song with this title, a huge hit for him.
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