Fremsta núlivandi plátuskald, Bob Dylan, segði í eini serstakliga drúgvari takkartalu í 2015, tá Jimmy Carter gav honum heiðurin MusiCares Person of the Year, at tú kanst seta Nashville í eina tíðarlinju innan og eftir Kris, eitt pre-Kris og eitt post-Kris tíðarskeið, ”because he changed everything,” segði Dylan. ”This was about the time that Willie Nelson picked up and moved to Texas. About the same time. He’s still in Texas. Everything was very copacetic. Everything was all right until -- until -- Kristofferson came to town. Oh, they ain’t seen anybody like him. He came into town like a wildcat, flew his helicopter into Johnny Cash’s backyard like a typical songwriter. And he went for the throat. “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” segði Bob Dylan í taluni í 2015, sum vardi 40 minuttir. Árið eftir fekk hann sum fyrsti tónleikari Nobelvirðislønina í bókmentum, “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” sum bókaliga Nobeldómsnevndin segði við 75 ár