Kris Kristofferson ... attention by landing a helicopter on his lawn. Yet his songs often spoke of the darker side of that lifestyle, best embodied in one of his earliest hits, "Sunday Morning ...

Kris Kristofferson, who has died aged 88 ... the following year (Kristofferson took home the prize for Best Country Song) and ...

Kris Kristofferson was always modest about his talent. He disliked being called a poet and preferred it when other people performed his songs ... "I'm nobody's best friend.

Kris Kristofferson’s lyrics ... Kristofferson had an early hit with his song “Viet Nam Blue,” which was recorded by Dave Dudley and peaked in the Top 20 of the country chart.

Some wonderful songs have been written by folks who weren't particularly motivated until given a prompt from an outside source. Such is the case of "Me and Bobby McGee," the song that inspired perhaps ...

Kris describes songwriting as a gift. For him, songs “come from (the) soul,” he says, “because they come with music.” Born in Texas along the border with Mexico, Kristofferson grew up an ...

“Kris Kristofferson believed creativity is God ... He won three Grammys for best country song, Help Me Make It Through the Night in 1972, and two separate duets with Rita Coolidge (1974, 1976 ...