I had a list of rules I made up one time. It says: Tell the truth, sing with passion, work with laughter,… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, so arriving in Nashville in the '60s was really exciting for me. — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
I never was one to go into an office and write. For one thing, I had a job. I was cleaning the… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
Never give up, which is the lesson I learned from boxing. As soon as you learn to never give up, you have… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
By not having to live up to people's expectations, I was somehow free. — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
I got scars on my face that tell some kind of story. I'm looking in the mirror, and I got one scar… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
I ended up being friends with all my heroes. Lefty Frizzell, George Jones, Johnny Cash - it was incredible. — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
I've had a life of all kinds of experiences - most of them good. And I've got eight kids and a wife… — 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