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" All I can say is we love what we do, and the audience is still there for us. I think what's given us such longevity is that our music may not be fancy, but it touches a nerve with the average Joe. "

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" I find that America is moving toward a certain type of government that everybody else is moving away from, and I find that very upsetting to me. "

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" When I was 3 years old, I was playing banjo on a country music TV show. "

" I don't want to use my platform to speak out against anybody. I'm a rock and roller. I play music for a living. "

" We're about music. We're not about politics. "

" Here's the deal: You can't go in with the intent that, 'All right, we're gonna write another 'Free Bird' or 'What's Your Name.'' You can't think about it in those terms, because you'll never outdo your history. "

" You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original. "

" You look around our audiences, and you see the spectrum - old fans and young people. "

" I've got a few great old Marshalls that I use live: '71 and '72 heads and an old combo with 2x12s. "

" We're a working-people's band, and we love America and what she stands for. Also, we love doing shows, whether it's a huge amphitheater or a corn dog fest. We don't care. "

" Next time you go get bin Laden, don't call it Operation Geronimo, and if anyone wants to stand toe-to-toe with me and talk about it, I'm open, brother. "

" My old man Shorty was a huge figure in my musical life. "

" As long as the fans keep comin' out, we're gonna keep making records and keep being there. "

" Lynyrd Skynyrd is not a political band, but you know what? We believe in this country. We have a soft spot for our military. We love the red, white and blue, and every night we dedicate a portion of our show to our fighting men. "

" I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old. "

" We're a blue-collar band. That's how we like to think of ourselves. We come from humble beginnings and still have this attitude of really loving to meet people, shake their hands, and talk with them. "

" I got nothing against Barack Obama; I just might not like some of his policies and the people he surrounds himself with. "

" It's exciting and refreshing to listen to new rock. And I like a lot of it - Filter, Vertical Horizon, Stabbing Westward... I even enjoy some Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock. "

" We just try to write about things that are close to our hearts. We don't sit around trying to write another 'Free Bird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama.' "

" My dad was a musician, played on the road and played all of his life. And I grew up in a musical family. I heard it all. I mean, I got accustomed to listening to Roy Acuff and all the old guys. It was really cool for me growing up in a family like that. "

" Recording should be fun. "

" I really believe that with all of what Lynyrd Skynyrd has been through, we can survive just about anything. We've had a load of ups and downs, but we're still here. "

" We were working 'Good Teacher' up, and it became apparent to me that, as we were playing it, the song had a Hendrix, 'Crosstown Traffic' vibe and feel to it. "

Rickey Medlocke

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Good Teacher

" If you really stop to think about it, the last really big guitar hero was Eddie Van Halen, and that was back in the '80s - early '80s, you know what I mean? That's a long time ago. "

" I was one of the original drummers. What everyone likes to do is think of Lynyrd Skynyrd as the band that picked up again in '73. But I was one of the original members, and I was a big part of that. "

" The fans mean an awful lot to us. They keep us going. "

" There are only seven chords, and I believe every song has already been written. "

" Michael Jordan was like basketball Jesus. "

Rickey Medlocke

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Michael Jordan

" Politics are the same old thing. We elect people, we put them in office, and guess what they do? They sell us out. They sell us down the river, and we pay for it. "

" Country has just crossed so many lines now, that Skynyrd falls right into that category. "

" Music is a healing tool. "