182 Quotes by Kris Kristofferson

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.'

I never was one to go into an office and write. For one thing, I had a job. I was cleaning the ashtrays and setting up the studios at Columbia for a couple of years and working every other week down in the Gulf of Mexico flying helicopters. I didn't really get to just write songs for about five years.

Working with Dakota's not exactly like working with a kid. She's a remarkable actor. ... Bette Davis was probably like that when she was a little girl, and I think she'll amaze us for years.

I don't have the voice of a Ray Charles or a George Jones or any of those artists I loved.

I have a feeling it's kind of like working with a horse that's too big for you to control yourself, too strong,

I think he was awed by the realization of a dream, ... I was so awe-struck, myself.

That's the kind of song that usually gets me in trouble in the show.

When you're headed for the border, you're bound to cross the line.

Bette Davis. I imagine that's what she was like when she was young. I think that this girl's going to amaze us for a long time.