You don't paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars.

In 2012 Kristofferson was in Joyful Noise with Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah. His family disowned him because of this decision and they never reconciled with him. He achieved some success as a performer himself following Johnny Cash's introduction of Kristofferson at the Newport Folk Festival.

In 1985 Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup "The Highwaymen". Kristofferson is the sole writer of most of his songs and he has collaborated with various other figures of the Nashville scene such as Shel Silverstein. Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson (born June 22 1936) is an American country music singer songwriter musician and film actor.