In an interview from 1999, Kris Kristofferson recalled how he felt after moving to Nashville after leaving the United States ...

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Kris Kristofferson was born in Brownsville ... and the future country star left the military to pursue a career as a songwriter and singer. Kristofferson relocated to Nashville in 1965 and ...

Kris Kristofferson, who died Sunday at the age ... who mortified his family by abandoning a promising career in the military to starve for five years before he made it as a songwriter ...

Kris Kristofferson’s lyrics have penetrated ... he later taught English literature at West Point in New York State. A military child, his paternal grandfather was an officer in the Swedish ...

He was assigned by the military to teach literature ... Fame and Museum said he left behind “a resounding legacy”. “Kris Kristofferson believed creativity is God-given, and those who ...

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Kris Kristofferson performs in concert at The ... Oxford in England and turned down an appointment to teach at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, to pursue songwriting in Nashville.

Few songwriters have had as profound an effect on country music as Kris Kristofferson ... and had been assigned to West Point military academy to teach English. Before accepting the commission ...