American - Musician | June 22, 1936 -
Human rights is something that wasn't hard to be inspired to write about because there have been so many violations of those rights.
Kris Kristofferson
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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.
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It's much better being an older father. You don't have to go prove to the world and to yourself that you're who you want to be, for better or worse.
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What really makes me happy now is my home. I know that I have that to lose. But I don't see losing it. And I don't care if I never do another movie. And I don't care if I never get back on the road. I like to think that I'm gonna do that. But if I don't, I can live with that.
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I had fought for my independence and fought for my freedom to do as I chose.
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I think that a society lives or dies according to its respect for - for its art.
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Havin' Dylan cover one of your songs is like being a playwright and having Shakespeare act in your play.
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I remember I had an actor friend - a close friend from college - Anthony Zerbe. He sent me a telegram before I started my first movie, 'Cisco Pike.' It said, 'Have a good time. Ignore the camera.' That was the extent of my training.
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I turned 30 as a janitor. I was thinking at the time that Hank Williams died when he was 29. All my peers were at least 10 years younger than I was. I felt like an old has-been at the time.
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I thought he was the greatest thing. Bob Dylan.
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I remember having a lot of Josh White albums. Johnny Cash. Elvis. I loved the Coasters.
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I grew up listening to Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, so arriving in Nashville in the '60s was really exciting for me.
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