American - Musician | June 22, 1936 -
When I was stationed in Germany, Johnny Cash was already a legend over there because he'd done some shows, then gone off to some bar straight afterwards and played just for the troops. So he was a real hero.
Kris Kristofferson
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I watched Dylan record 'Blonde On Blonde' in my first week at work at CBS. It was just incredible.
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Look at me! I can go from 'Donny and Marie' to Sam Peckinpah to Radio City Music Hall in one week.
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If 'Bobby McGee' lasts, if 'Star Is Born' lasts, if 'Help Me Make It through the Night' lasts, if all of 'em last, man... who cares?
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As far as fame, the everlasting fame thing. I used to think that was important for a writer... the desire to make your mark.
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The most valuable thing to me seems to be time, and with time, I can be great. I have been... and I will be.
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'Heaven's Gate' was based on a true story about the cattle people: the people who had the money turned on the settlers who were in the area. And it was mainly a defense of their behavior. And the cattlemen's association had just about declared war on these people who were poaching cattle, and because they were mainly immigrants.
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There was time in the first half of the '80s when what I was saying on the stage was controversial. A lot of things I was talking about - Nicaragua and American foreign policy.
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The first movie I was ever on was a Dennis Hopper film down in Peru.
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I gave everything I ever wrote to Johnny Cash. I think he said later in some interview that he would take them home and throw them in the lake with all the other demos. I'm sure he got a million of them.
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Every time I turn on the radio, I must be on the wrong song or something. But, to be honest, since I went on the road back in 1970, I didn't listen to radio music because I didn't want to subconsciously steal somebody's stuff.
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There's a time where people were out holding posters in protest outside shows I was doing, and thankfully, we've moved past that. And a lot of country stations wouldn't play me. They were more conservative than I was.
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