Kris Kristofferson Quotes

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

The number-one rule of the road is never go to bed with anyone crazier than yourself. You will break this rule, and you will be sorry.

I don't think I've gotten any smarter, but your reflexes slow down before you do something stupid when you're older.

I'd rather be sorry for something I had done than for something I didn't do.

If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.

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.

I want you to know I'm an Army brat; I was a captain in the Army and my brother was a jet pilot in the Navy. So I support our troops; I identify with them. But I sure as hell don't identify with the bastards who sent them over there.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday.

The only reality is in the moment. What you are doing counts.

Roy Orbison was one of the genuinely nicest persons I've ever known. With one of the most beautiful voices in the history of recorded music he could easily have had an opera star's ego, but he was one of the humblest, kindest, sweetest human beings to grace this planet. This in spite of the enormous tragedies in his life. A brave, beautiful blessing of a man.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

If you can't get out of something, get into it.

I've been a radical for a long time. I guess it's too bad. I'd be more marketable as a right-wing redneck.

If God's got a favorite songwriter, I think it's John Prine.

You don't paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars.

If you're in it because you love it and you have to do it, that's the right reason. If you're in it because you want to get rich or famous, don't do it. People often say that my first years in Nashville, when I wasn't getting anything cut, were tough. Hell, those were great years.

I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war.

Johnny Cash was the champion of the voiceless, the underdogs and the downtrodden. He was also something of a holy terror, like Abraham Lincoln with a wild side. He represented the best of America.

Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us.

Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free.

Bad love is better than no love at all, at least you know you're alive.

The wolf pack will die when scattered by man, lonesome coyote survives.

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

Jesus was a Capricorn, he ate organic foods, he believed in love and peace, and never wore no shoes.

You're the only one that you are screwin', when you put down what you don't understand.