My Father and the Man in Black2012

Johnny Cash:
Well, listen Saul. I've got something else on my mind now. Have got it keeping me layin' awake thinkin' about, um, goin' to Israel. I would, uh, do much better, ah, job at, talkin' and showin' about Jesus and his life, you know. I don't know how you go about getting it on the networks, but it seems to me like if I had, um, "Johnny Cash In Israel: Following In the Footsteps of Jesus," you know, for Christmas time.

Saul Holiff:
Now that you have told me, I'll break my ass trying to bring it about.

Johnny Cash:
Well, Saul, make sure they understand... we talked about me bein' an honest performer now. That Johnny Cash is not the same Johnny Cash that is around now, see? If I do a television special on Israel, I should do it about the life of Jesus, right? Don't you think so?

Saul Holiff:
I would say that, in your own way, in a subtle manner, you will follow the footsteps of Jesus... but without hitting them over the head with it.

Johnny Cash:
Right, uh-huh...

Saul Holiff:
I think it should be labeled "Johnny Cash in the Holy Land" rather than "Johnny Cash in Israel."

Johnny Cash:
All right. Okay. Sure.

Saul Holiff:
So, let me go to work on it...

Johnny Cash:
Well, Saul, I really uh, do have a strong conviction. This is the only thing I want to do. [Original Source: Telephone call between Johnny Cash and Saul Holiff, May 1971]