Jako syn generálmajora amerického letectva vyrůstal na různých vojenských základnách v Texasu a Kalifornii. Od dětství byl obdivovatelem hudby country (Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie) a v jedenácti letech složil první písně. Navštěvoval Pomona...

Píseň: If you don't like Hank Williams

Interpret:
Kris Kristofferson
Album:
Surreal Thing
I dig Bobby Dylan and I dig Johnny Cash
 And I think Waylon Jennings is a table thumpin' smash
 And hearin' Joni Mitchell feels as good as smokin' grass
 And if you don't like Hank Williams, honey, you can kiss my ass


 'Cause I think what they've done is well worth doin'
 And they're doin' it the best way that they can
 You're the only one that you are screwin'
 When you put down what you don't understand


 I said, I dig Roger Miller, Merle Haggard; George Jones
 Shotgun Willie Nelson and them rockin' Rollin' Stones
 And Jerry Lee's still gotta be the coolest in the class
 And if you don't like Hank Williams, honey, you can kiss my ass.


 'Cause I think what they've done is well worth doin'
 And they're doin' it the best way that they can
 You're the only one that you are screwin'
 When you put down what you don't understand