182 Quotes by Kris Kristofferson

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

His soul was bigger than a body’s ought to be.

I think between us, Bill Clinton and I have settled any lingering myths about the brilliance of Rhodes scholars.

There were decades I didn’t play sober. I thought, Who would want to? But at some point, I decided that if it was important enough to me to keep doing it as art, I should do it with all my tools.

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

I’ll probably be writing as long as I’m breathing.

Look at me! I can go from 'Donny and Marie' to Sam Peckinpah to Radio City Music Hall in one week.

If it hadn't been for Johnny Cash, I'd probably have been a Nashville songwriter because that's what I had done for almost five years.