Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer Kristoffersonis an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He wrote and recorded the hit songs "Me and Bobby McGee," "For the Good Times," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night." Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup The Highwaymen. In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth22 June 1936
CityBrownsville, TX
CountryUnited States of America
The closest Ive come to knowing myself is in losing myself. Thats why I loved football before I loved music. I could lose myself in it.
Bombing people for economic reasons is as horrible as killing a pregnant woman.
Bad love is better than no love at all, at least you know you're alive.
I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday.
If God's got a favorite songwriter, I think it's John Prine.
Johnny Cash was the champion of the voiceless, the underdogs and the downtrodden. He was also something of a holy terror, like Abraham Lincoln with a wild side. He represented the best of America.
You don't paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars.
Bobby McGee' was the song that made the difference for me. Every time I sing it, I still think of Janis.
You're the only one that you are screwin', when you put down what you don't understand.
If you can't get out of something, get into it.
The world he saw was sadder than the one he hoped to find. But it wasn't near as lonesome as the one he left behind.
I don't think I've gotten any smarter, but your reflexes slow down before you do something stupid when you're older.
Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us.
I've been a radical for a long time. I guess it's too bad. I'd be more marketable as a right-wing redneck.