“The line "because you're mine, I walk the line."”
It kept coming to me, you know? But I was — I was … young and not been married too long. Yes, it kept coming to me. Because you're mine, I walk the line. And then the words just naturally flowed. It was an easy song to write.
CNN interview (2002)
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American singer-songwriter 1932–2003Related quotes

I Walk the Line
Song lyrics, Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar (1957)

“Somedays the line I walk turns out to be straight -
Other days the line tends to deviate.”
In or Out
Song lyrics

Attributed without citation at John Cale - Quotes, xs4all.nl, 16 November 2012 http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/quotes/index.html,

“I don't want to know the reasons why,
Love keeps right on walking down the line.”
I Don't Want to Know
The Dance (Fleetwood Mac album) (1997), Rumours (1977)

“We hang on to every line,
And walk straight down the middle of it.”
Song lyrics, The Sensual World (1989)