Kris Kristofferson Quotes

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  Love, Happiness, Laughter

  "Kris Kristofferson: What I've Learned". Interview with Scott Carrier, www.esquire.com. May 1999.

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  God, Wedding, Women

  "Kris Kristofferson: What I've Learned" by Scott Carrier, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  Stupid, Thinking, Age

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  Sorry, Done

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• 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.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Wisdom, Giving Up, Surrender

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  Truth, Reality, Moments

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• 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.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Sorry, Numbers, Bed

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Brother, Army, Support

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  Yesterday, Tomorrow, Trade

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• Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Inspirational, Freedom, Nothing To Lose

  "Me and Bobby McGee". Song by Kris Kristofferson, www.esquire.com. July, 1969.

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• 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.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Redneck, Wings, Long

  "Q&A with Kris Kristofferson". Interview with Andy Langer, www.esquire.com. February 27, 2006.

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  Ifs

  "Kris Kristofferson: What I've Learned" by Scott Carrier, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  Currents, Oar, Ifs

  "Kris Kristofferson: What I've Learned" by Scott Carrier, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• 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.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Music, Beautiful, Stars

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  Thinking, Favorite Song, Songwriters

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• 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.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Country, Brother, Father

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Writing, Cutting, Great Year

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• 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.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Beautiful, Bob, Singers

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• And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more for dessert

  Kris Kristofferson

  Beer, Breakfast, Dessert

  Song: Sunday Morning Coming Down

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  "Song: 'Me and Bobby McGee'". 1969.

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• 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.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Art, Wild Side, America

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  Relationship, Love Is, Alive

  Song: The Eye of The Storm

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  Sadness, Men, Coyotes

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• The heart is what matters most of all

  Kris Kristofferson

  Heart, What Matters, Matter

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

  Kris Kristofferson

  Religious, Jesus, Shoes

  Song: Jesus Was A Capricorn

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