Kris Kristofferson Quotes

The songs are my lexicon. I believe the songs.

A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life.

We all know what it means to be sung to. And poetry is very close to that.

But I always loved songs with great lyrics.

I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.

I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance.

A good song's a good song, and well known songs take on meaning in people's lives.

It's not just music. To me, it's songwriting more than anything. A lot of people say it's expression, but to me, it's more than that.

Singing is how I express everything. Hunger, needing new clothes... it's all through song.

Bobby McGee' was the song that made the difference for me. Every time I sing it, I still think of Janis.

I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.

Rap helps me connect emotionally.

I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.

If I had to pick one song for me that sort of quintessentially summed me up, it would be 'Angel.' Without fail, I absolutely love singing it.

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.

What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.

I never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.'

People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.

That's the amazing thing about music: there's a song for every emotion. Can you imagine a world with no music? It would suck.

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll.

Music is the soundtrack of your life.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.

Singing was probably my first love, and song writing. I write a lot of love songs and heartbreaking songs.

I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.