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" If Marilyn Manson would write a song that says, 'Do your damn homework,' it would make the world a better place, and it wouldn't hurt him at all. And if he doesn't like it, to hell with him. He can come fight us - by the bicycle racks. "

Gary Rossington

Bicycle

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World

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Play

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" I did get in a car wreck, but we got a good song out of it. "

" I'm feeling real good and trying to take care of myself and living healthy. As good as I can feel. "

" As long as the fans keep wanting to hear new records from us every few years, we'll keep making them. "

" Our redneck reputation back then was originally just because we had long hair. Back in the '60s and the early '70s, in the South that was kind of a no-no. At all the Army and Navy bases we'd play, we would get into fights with the soldiers over our hair. But I think our music overshadowed everything else. "

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" You go through stuff, and you keep going. "

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You

Going

" We want to challenge Marilyn Manson and the rap people with the bad lyrics to write some positive songs. "

" Man, I love Limp Bizkit, Johnny Lange, many people. "

" Nothing in the past is as important as the future. "

" Our parents helped us, or we wouldn't be here. Lacy Van Zant and my mother used to sign for amps or loan us money to get to the gig or take us in their car. It's just like little sports guys - Little League and football players - whose parents help them. That's why they get good. "

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" We're not really for anything but a better America, a stronger country. And we do support our soldiers. "

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" I've always heard that the reason you fall is to get back up and keep going. So when that happens, or life throws you bad breaks or curves or deals you the wrong hand, all I've ever known is to keep going. "

" All we lived for was playing and being out on the road. That was our dream, and it came true. "

" I love Eric Clapton and what he did with Cream; 'Spoonful' and 'Crossroads,' those are probably the coolest solos. "

" We didn't have much money when I was younger, so I had to collect Coke bottles and cash them in and get a paper route to afford a guitar. That guitar from Sears came with a case and an amp and everything all in one. It was really cool. "

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" God blessed us with talent. "

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