Kris Kristofferson Quotes
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He said, we'll take us into town, lay our money downI'll bring you the sweetest thing that growsBecause the fairest ones in sight are bloomin every nightAt a tavern called the Sabre and the Rose..
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Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free.
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I always had to wait until something hit me, and I could write it. But when I would cut an album, to me it represented the time that I spent since the last one. Just the way I was looking at the world.
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It's always embarrassing when somebody does something praiseworthy of you.
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Your weight has to be behind the punch to make it matter.
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They say the first thing to go is your legs, then it's your reflexes, then it's your friends.
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I ended up being friends with all my heroes. Lefty Frizzell, George Jones, Johnny Cash - it was incredible.
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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.
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The first movie I was ever on was a Dennis Hopper film down in Peru.
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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 for not letting 24 hours go between the throttle and the bottle. It looked like I'd trashed my act. But there was something liberating 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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Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
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I really have no anxiety about controlling my own life.
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Human rights is something that wasn't hard to be inspired to write about because there have been so many violations of those rights.