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Melissa Etheridge, 63, shares the heartwarming reason she performs in prisons... and it has to do with late singer Johnny Cash

Melissa Etheridge told People that she was inspired by the Ring of Fire singer to give back to the community by preforming in prisons, like he did in the 70s. She preformed her hit I'm Not Broken.

'And so I always knew that I wanted to get back and do that sort of Johnny Cash thing, the performance for people that really need it, who probably haven’t had entertainment in months, years, decades, and just how healing that can be,' she said. Melissa Etheridge was inspired by Johnny Cash to give back to the community by performing in prisons, like he did in the early 1970s; seen on her docuseries I'm Not Broken Etheridge's Paramount+ docuseries follows the country singer leading up to her performance at the facility and includes clips of her time on stage.

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