Kris Kristofferson Quotes

The first record I spent five years writing and it was an amalgamation of all the things that happened in my life from the time I was fifteen to the time I was twenty.

When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life.

I write chronologically in my life, so whatever's going on, I write about it. Usually, that's when I feel the most cohesive body of work is formed. I got to live this crazy life, I got to write about it, and now I've got this record that I'm really proud of, too. It's not done, but when I put it out, it's gonna be good.

Anything that's really made an impact on my life, I want to get in the studio and write about it.

All of my records have their own vibe, depending on what was going on in my life.

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

Sometimes a song indicates that it wants to be about a certain thing. And then if you write it, you find that it is about something that you've done.

I don't think events in your life affect your music.

My music has been inspired by true events in my life.

If you're writing for yourself as an artist, you are always pulling on your own experiences.

As a musician, it's only natural that my music mirrors my life.

I write about everything that happens in my life, whether or not the songs actually are released or not.

All the great artists illustrate their approach to life in the work they make.

When you write, what's going on in your life shines through in the songs.

My writing is authentic, and whatever happens in my life is what I write about.

I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say.

Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.

Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

The first set of lyrics for the first songs I ever wrote, which are the ones on 'Pretty Hate Machine,' came from private journal entries that I realized I was writing in lyric form.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind.

I never really thought about my music being universal. When I set out to write, it was just a feeling that felt good to me. I never thought about being able to reach everybody.

Every song I've ever written has been based in reality, based in fact, things that happen to me.

I think a valid approach to being a musician is to take all of the experience of your life and filter it through your personality and send it back out there, and that's what art is.

You don't have to be singing specifically about things that are going on in your life, but because of the nature of music, because it is this incredibly emotional phenomenon, everything that you are feeling or experiencing is relayed in the music you put out.