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Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash, Steve Turner interview, 1988, “The Man Called CASH: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend”

Steve Turner: Do you still want to meet [artists behind the music]?

Johnny Cash: I sure do. I get a kick out of meeting an artist I admire. I had always wanted to meet Michael Jackson, just to say I had met him. And I did meet him. June and I had recorded a song called "Jackson", and I wouldn't have thought he would have made the connection in a million years, but there's a line in the song that says, "We got married in a fever / Hotter than a pepper sprout". I walked up and said, "Hi, Michael. I'm Johnny Cash", and he said, "Johnny Cash! Hotter than a pepper sprout!"