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    Billy Bob Thornton "never got over being nervous around" Johnny Cash

    The actor and musician worked with the late country legend on a cover of his track 'I Still Miss Someone' and Billy has admitted he never felt comfortable around his idol - even when they became pals and he stayed over at Johnny house - revealing he was too scared to come out of his bedroom in case he bumped into him


    He told the Guardian newspaper: "I never got over being nervous around Johnny Cash because it was like God walked in the room.

    "I stayed at his house a couple of times and I did not want to get caught in my drawers looking in his refrigerator.

    "So I just stayed in my room all night long. But he was very kind to me."

    He added of their work together: "We did a duet together of one of his songs, 'I Still Miss Someone', that I've never put out.

    "Cash said to me: 'What's your idea, son?' And I said: 'Well, I thought we'd do the first verse and bridge and then you could do your recitation.'

    "This was at a point where Johnny was in a little more ill health. And I said: 'Then you do the recitation and then we'll come back and do the last verse and bridge.'

    "And he said: 'Yeah, that sounds good to me'. And then he said: 'I might even have an idea or two myself. After all I wrote the f****** thing.'

    "And I was like: 'Yes, sir, sorry'."

    The Man In Black died in 2003, and Billy revealed Cash left him a special reminder of their time together.

    He added: "He wrote a story about that day on four pieces of notebook paper. It was partly truth, partly fiction.

    "And on the last page are three autographs by him: 'John R Cash', 'Johnny Cash', 'John Cash'.

    "And I said: 'John, why did you write three autographs on that paper?' He says: 'Son, if you ever get broke, cut those into three pieces and you'll be all right'."

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