Kris Kristofferson on His Friendship With Sinéad O’Connor: A Bond Forged in Pain, Truth, and Defiance

When the world remembers Kris Kristofferson, it often thinks first of the outlaw poet with a gravel voice, the Rhodes Scholar who walked away from privilege to chase songs in Nashville, or the actor whose roles burned with authenticity. But when Kristofferson speaks of his life in quieter tones, one name surfaces with a weight that only a handful of people carried for him: Sinéad O’Connor.