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Kristoffer Kristofferson is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He wrote and recorded the 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 Music Hall of Fame. He is also known for his starring roles in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and A Star Is Born, for the latter of which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

✵ 22. June 1936
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Famous Kris Kristofferson Quotes

“Why me Lord? What have I ever done
To deserve even one of the pleasures I've known?
Tell me Lord what did I ever do
That was worth loving you or the kindness you've shown?”

Kris Kristofferson

Why Me
Song lyrics, Jesus Was a Capricorn (1972)

“I don't care what's right or wrong,
I don't try to understand,
Let the devil take tomorrow,
Lord tonight I need a friend.”

Kris Kristofferson

Help Me Make It Through the Night
Song lyrics, Kristofferson (1970)

“Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose".”

Kris Kristofferson

Song lyrics, Me and Bobby McGee (1969)
Variant: Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free

“Comin' close together with a feelin' that I've never known before, in my time.
She ain't ashamed to be a woman, or afraid to be a friend.
I don't know the answer to the easy way she opened every door in my mind.
But dreamin' was as easy as believin' it was never gonna end.And lovin' her was easier than anything I'll ever do again.”

Kris Kristofferson

Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
Song lyrics, The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971)

“He's a poet, he's a picker--
He's a prophet, he's a pusher--
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned--
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.”

Kris Kristofferson

The Pilgrim, Chapter 33
Song lyrics, The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971)

“Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free”

Kris Kristofferson

Song lyrics, Me and Bobby McGee (1969)

“He said, we'll take us into town, lay our money down
I'll bring you the sweetest thing that grows
Because the fairest ones in sight are bloomin every night
At a tavern called the Sabre and the Rose..”

Kris Kristofferson

Sabre and the Rose
Song lyrics, Easter Island (1978)

“And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad
So I had one more for dessert
Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt..”

Kris Kristofferson

Sunday Morning Comin' Down
Song lyrics, Kristofferson (1970)

Kris Kristofferson Quotes about time

“In a piece of my mind the world can't erase
I remember the time and the look on your face
And I will 'till the wind blows the stars from the sky
'cause the road never ends and the soul never dies
Be who you are
just as long as you can
Know in your heart I'm still your man
Headin for home
starlight and stone..”

Kris Kristofferson

Starlight and Stone
Song lyrics, Closer to the Bone (2009)

“Make believin in forever
Is just a lie.
And it seems a little sadder
Each time we try.
'Cause it's a shame to make
The same mistakes again,
And again.
It's over.
Nobody wins.”

Kris Kristofferson

Nobody Wins
Song lyrics, Jesus Was a Capricorn (1972)

“Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body
Close to mine
Hear the whisper of the raindrops
Blow softly against my window
Make believe you love me
One more time
For the good times
For the good times..”

Kris Kristofferson

For the Good Times
Song lyrics, Kristofferson (1970)

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