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" Right after I resigned from the Army in 1965, I flew helicopters for oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. I flew personnel from rig to rig, and I'd live on a platform out at sea. "

Kris Kristofferson

Oil

Live

Right

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Women

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" When I wrote 'Help Me Make It Through the Night,' I was on an oil platform out in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico and was just thinking of myself. "

" I have a special place in my heart for Nashville because it saved my life back in the day. "

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Kris Kristofferson

Going

Hell

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Kris Kristofferson

Doing

Past

" Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end. "

" I think I'm a much better father as an older man than I was with my first kids. Occasionally, I have to yell at the little guys, but they don't take me seriously. 'Listen to the old guy,' they say. 'Isn't he great? He's mad.' "

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Great

Think

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Day

Great

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