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Kris Kristofferson Was a Janitor When He Wrote the Iconic Song “That Allowed Him To Quit Working for a Living”

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Kris Kristofferson performingThere’s plenty of glitz and glam surrounding the music industry’s biggest hits, but when Kris Kristofferson got his big break, his life as a janitor was less “glitz and glam” and more “garbage and sanitation.” In hindsight, Kristofferson’s iconic song was a natural consequence of a tiring, blue-collar life marked by a heavy reliance on […]

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