Kris Kristofferson Quotes

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Kris Kristofferson

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 22, 1936

I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11.

Kris Kristofferson

I've never forgotten a single record I cut or a song I wrote.

Kris Kristofferson

Havin' Dylan cover one of your songs is like being a playwright and having Shakespeare act in your play.

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I hope that I'll keep being creative until they throw dirt on me.

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I thought he was the greatest thing. Bob Dylan.

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By not having to live up to people's expectations, I was somehow free.

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I've had a life of all kinds of experiences - most of them good. And I've got eight kids and a wife that puts up with everything I do and keeps me out of trouble.

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I have no regrets. I feel very grateful for the life that I had - you know, family I live with; and I've been doing work that I love, ever since I came to Nashville.

Kris Kristofferson

To me, if you love it enough to devote your life to it, then you're doing the right thing.

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What really makes me happy now is my home. I know that I have that to lose. But I don't see losing it. And I don't care if I never do another movie. And I don't care if I never get back on the road. I like to think that I'm gonna do that. But if I don't, I can live with that.

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The most valuable thing to me seems to be time, and with time, I can be great. I have been... and I will be.

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As far as fame, the everlasting fame thing. I used to think that was important for a writer... the desire to make your mark.

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Every album I've made is about what I'm experiencing at the time.

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I feel like an old boxer. The brain's gone, but I can still move around.

Kris Kristofferson

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.

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I've never really felt comfortable co-writing. I usually go at my own speed, you know.

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I enjoy looking back on my life. I'm thinking seriously about starting to write about it.

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There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary.

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When I was thirty, and a long time after that, I felt like I had to leave home to do what I had to do. Now, it's just the opposite.

Kris Kristofferson

Bobby Bare is one of the greatest people in country music.

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