My Father and the Man in Black2012

Saul Holiff:
I've kept my running up, and my weight is stable, and I'm now, going on two weeks tomorrow, without drinking any hard liquor. I've done some considerable planning for the fall, and the August and September tours are all set up and, um, emotionally, I'm somewhat confused. I'm still annoyed that I can't get my office work done; don't seem to be motivated enough, or whatever. The Sahara Tahoe date is just three weeks away, which is almost inconceivable. The kids seem to be enjoying being out of school. And I still would like to be able to get out and toss a ball around with them, just can't seem to do. I just need to re-order my priorities and get off my fat ass, and get out with the kids and do things with them, toss a ball around, get involved. Help a little bit around here. I feel guilty about it I guess. [Original Source: Saul's Audio Diary, July 1973]

Barbara Holiff:
[Lake Tahoe] June criticized Saul for being absent whenever Johnny appeared "for free" with the Billy Graham Crusade. She questioned whether he had "something against Jesus," and asked Saul if he was "only interested in money." Saul told June he considered her remark anti-Semitic. He said he shouldn't be required to attend benefits he had not arranged. And then, giving five months' notice, your father resigned.

Saul Holiff:
Here I am being told that all I'm interested in is money. Now that always strikes me as hilarious because the Cashes were always interested in money. And then - this is the strangest part - there was never one ill word, not even a suggestion that I would be leaving. On the contrary, I think they had looked upon me - I'm positive of it - as a good luck charm; it had something to do with being superstitious, I know that. [Original Source: Saul Holiff as quoted by "Johnny Cash, The Biography," by Michael Streissguth]

Johnny Cash:
Saul is a great family man and one of the wisest men I know. We've grown together for 12 years and now Saul plans to turn his back on the future wealth we may have. [Original Source: "True Star: Cash big tree of country music," London Free Press, November 5, 1973]