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" As Christians, it's our duty to stand up for what we believe - that's called testifying. "
Johnny Van Zant
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" My dad was a truck driver. We all used to ride along with him. And the way he'd keep awake was to sing while he was going down the road. So we all joined in. "
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" Skynyrd just hasn't gotten its just due. "
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" I was a Skynyrd fan all along. But I was also the brother of the lead singer who passed on. I just didn't want to do anything that would harm the band's name. "
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" We have to make a living, sure, but it's about the legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd and what it stands for, what the fans are all about. "
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" Who knows what the heck the future will bring. "
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" Two of my favorite bands, Blackberry Smoke and Black Stone Cherry, I just think both of those bands are a good new progressive kind of Southern Rock that's a little different than us but still has a rootsy thing going on. "
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" That's your end goal anyway, is to make the fans happy. "
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" I saw B.B. King in concert one time where he had this guy that would bring him out a glass of water and towel to wipe his forehead with. "
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" We are not saying that every idiot out there should own a gun - and there should be better background checks on guns. Not everybody should have the right. "
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" Nothing was easy for us coming up. But we were rich in family. "
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" If people want to own a rifle or something like that for hunting purposes only, I tend to agree with that. But semi-automatic weapons and handguns, that's just unreal. I mean, what good are handguns? "
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" The fans have always been there for us, and they've realized when we were going through a hard time. "
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" I think, hey, everybody has a right to change their mind. "
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" John 5 - he's weird. He's a freak. I'm just kidding. He's a great guy. "
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" Rich people know how to party, too. "
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" I didn't know if Skynyrd fans were going to throw rocks at me or eggs or what. "
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" It's for the common people, people who have made this great country of ours. That's what the heck I say we always write about. "
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" Our newest member is Johnny Colt, who was bass player with The Black Crowes. Colt fits right in with us. He's loony as heck, and so are we. We have a great time and love doing what we do. I hope Johnny is with us for a long, long time. He is quite the guy. "
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" I think people relate to Skynyrd; it's a working class band. They're just songs with messages. To this day, there's never been a song written that didn't have a message. "
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" A lot of groups get dirty deals. They work hard and have to get a job after their career is over. "
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" In my opinion, the only people who should have handguns are the police. "
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" People are asking us, 'Why have you gone country?' And we say, 'Man, we were born country.' They gave us the tag 'Southern rock' years ago as a way of not saying country. "
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" I'd rather sit in Jacksonville and do a different kind of work than get messed over. "
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" I kinda feel that my brother wrote some of the best country lyrics ever - 'The Ballad of Curtis Loew,' 'Mississippi Kid' and that little hit 'Sweet Home Alabama.' "
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" I always try to relate a song to something what is going on, the working man, the times, how life goes. "
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" Every redneck's dream is to write a song and have it go on a fishing show. "
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" If rock & roll is dead and gone, man, I am missing out on it. "
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" 'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs. "
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" My favorite singers in the world have been black singers, and you can go to any church and hear the best singers in the world - and I'm a singer, and I love singing! "
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" We always joke that our road crew will have to wheelchair us up onstage soon because this is what we do. This is what we love to do. This is what God put us on earth to do until the day we take our last breath. "
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