Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer Kristoffersonis an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He wrote and recorded the hit 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth22 June 1936
CityBrownsville, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I've had a life of all kinds of experiences - most of them good. And I've got eight kids and a wife that puts up with everything I do and keeps me out of trouble.
I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11.
Freedom is just another word: It seems to get truer the older I get.
When I was thirty, and a long time after that, I felt like I had to leave home to do what I had to do. Now, it's just the opposite.
I've never forgotten a single record I cut or a song I wrote.
I boxed in Golden Gloves at Oxford and still know how to throw a straight left jab.
I think I'm a much better father as an older man than I was with my first kids. Occasionally, I have to yell at the little guys, but they don't take me seriously. 'Listen to the old guy,' they say. 'Isn't he great? He's mad.'