I was working the Gulf of Mexico on oil rigs, flying helicopters. I'd lost my family to my years of failing as a songwriter. All I had were bills, child support, and grief. And I was about to get fired… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
Right after I resigned from the Army in 1965, I flew helicopters for oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. I flew personnel from rig to rig, and I'd live on a platform out at sea. — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
Just remember that William Blake wasn't even published in his lifetime. Ya gotta keep creating. — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
Peter Cooper looks at the world with an artist's eye and a human heart and soul. His songs are the work of an original,… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
Freedom is just another word: It seems to get truer the older I get. — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
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… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
I turned 30 as a janitor. I was thinking at the time that Hank Williams died when he was 29. All my peers were… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary. — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
I always had to wait until something hit me, and I could write it. But when I would cut an album, to me it… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
I wish my memory weren't so bad. They tell me it's from all the football and boxing and the concussions that I got. — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
Never's just the echo of forever, lonesome as a love that might have been. Let me go on lovin' and believin' 'til it's over.… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
