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" I'm a lover of old traditional country - George Jones, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Marty Roberts. "
Johnny Van Zant
Country
George
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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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" I like George W. At a time when this country was hit hard, he stood up for America. He's been the leader of the free world during the hardest time America's ever had. "
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" Nothing was easy for us coming up. But we were rich in family. "
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" When we were kids, we said the Pledge of Allegiance because we were proud of this country, and we said prayer. You know, we thanked the good Lord above. "
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" In my opinion, the only people who should have handguns are the police. "
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" I think, hey, everybody has a right to change their mind. "
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" When you're dealing with a big amount of money, you should have your own accountant and your own lawyer. "
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" 'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs. "
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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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" 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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" If it wasn't for Al Kooper, there might not be a Lynyrd Skynyrd. He's the one who found us at Pinocchio's in Atlanta, Georgia, and signed us to Sounds Of The South through MCA, brought the band to attention. "
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" David Allan Coe actually went to jail one time. Some fan cursed Lynyrd Skynyrd, and David Allan Coe kicked his teeth in. He ran and kicked a guy's teeth in for saying something about Lynyrd Skynyrd. "
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" Whatever people want to say, we go out there every night, and we give tribute to the songs that my brother wrote, to Ronnie and Allen Collins and Steve Gaines and Leon Wilkeson and everybody. We pay tribute every night to those people who have gone on. "
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" If people can't relate to something, there's no use of the song being there. "
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" Music is a great healer. "
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" We have fans that come up all the time and say, 'This song helped me through this tough time in my life' or whatever. The music helps us through it, too. "
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" We go to Europe, and they think we're totally prejudiced 'cause we hang the bars and stripes. But for us, the bars and stripes doesn't mean we want to see anybody in slavery or anything like that. It's just our heritage. To us, the bars and stripes means grits, 'y'all,' and the beauty of the South. There's no prejudice at all in that with us. "
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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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" Look at Montgomery Gentry. If those boys came out in the '70s, they'd be Southern rock. "
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" On our Web site, we have people complaining about us not playing new stuff. But there's so many classic Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, you can't go out and just do a bunch of new things. "
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" To me, making a CD is like writing a book. "
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