Singer, songwriter, author, actor, husband, father, drug addict, and devout Christian who declared himself ''the biggest sinner of them all'', Johnny Cash was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He has been dubbed ''the philosopher-prince of American country music'', and this collection of interviews '' covering every major stage of his five-decade career '' provides a compelling insight into the life and times of the icon they nicknamed ''The Man in Black''.