13 Quotes & Sayings By Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson is an award-winning songwriter, singer, actor and poet. He was born in the small town of Uvalde, Texas in 1936. From his early days as a songwriter through the 1970s he was one of the most popular recording artists in America, earning gold albums or multi-platinum records for several albums including Me & Bobby McGee, The Ties That Bind, and The Silver Tongue Curls. He has won numerous awards for his work including five Grammys, an Emmy, a Tony Award and the Kennedy Center Honor Read more

His greatest success came with hits like "Help Me Make It Through the Night," "Pancho and Lefty," "Me & Bobby McGee," "For the Good Times," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," and "It's Not Like I'm in Love."

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love...
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Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end. Kris Kristofferson
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Her close friends have gathered. Lord, ain't it a shame Grieving together Sharing the blame. But when she was dying Lord, we let her down. There's no use cryin' It can't help her now. The party's all over Drink up and go home. It's too late to love her And leave her alone. Just say she was someone Lord, so far from home Whose life was so lonesome She died all alone Who dreamed pretty dreams That never came true Lord, why was she born So black and blue? Oh, why was she born So black and blue? Epitaph (Black And Blue) Written by: Kris KristoffersonNote: "Epitaph" is about Janis Joplin. . Kris Kristofferson
Freedom's just another word for
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Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose". Kris Kristofferson
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I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday. Kris Kristofferson
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If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself. Kris Kristofferson
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I am grateful every morning I wake up. I've a big family full of kids, who laugh all the time and love each other. Kris Kristofferson
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'Sunday Morning Coming Down' is probably the most directly autobiographical thing I'd written. In those days, I was living in a slum tenement that was torn down afterwards, but it was $25 a month in a condemned building, and 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' was more or less looking around me and writing about what I was doing. Kris Kristofferson
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I had fought for my independence and fought for my freedom to do as I chose. Kris Kristofferson
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Never give up, which is the lesson I learned from boxing. As soon as you learn to never give up, you have to learn the power and wisdom of unconditional surrender, and that one doesn't cancel out the other; they just exist as contradictions. The wisdom of it comes as you get older. Kris Kristofferson
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There was a film that really affected me, 'La Strada' by Fellini, where Anthony Quinn and Giulietta Masina travel around on his little motorcycle thing. Kris Kristofferson
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Dylan's relationship with Johnny Cash was the biggest influence on Nashville in my lifetime - they opened up country music. Kris Kristofferson
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Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Kris Kristofferson