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 world is a better place because of you. You thrilled us as a fighter and you inspired us even more as a force for peace and reconciliation, understanding and respect. No one was ever more beautiful or brash or bright or powerful or fast in the ring. It was breathtaking.
The world situation being what it is, I have a lot to say, ... And I figure as long as I've got something to talk about, I'll probably keep talking.
Bette Davis. I imagine that's what she was like when she was young. I think that this girl's going to amaze us for a long time.
When you're headed for the border, you're bound to cross the line.
That's the kind of song that usually gets me in trouble in the show.
I think he was awed by the realization of a dream, ... I was so awe-struck, myself.
I don't have the voice of a Ray Charles or a George Jones or any of those artists I loved.
I have a feeling it's kind of like working with a horse that's too big for you to control yourself, too strong,
It started about a year or so ago when I was doing a film in Scotland,
Every one of us is sort of a figment of our own imaginations.
It's hard to believe that it's been a year. It's still painful that he's gone. I think about him a lot.
I think I'm a much better father as an older man than I was with my first kids. Occasionally, I have to yell at the little guys, but they don't take me seriously. 'Listen to the old guy,' they say. 'Isn't he great? He's mad.'
I boxed in Golden Gloves at Oxford and still know how to throw a straight left jab.
The one thing I regret is missing the time with my older children when they were young.