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" Hank Junior fans are Skynyrd fans. "

Johnny Van Zant

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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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" 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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" 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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" They're great songs. How many bands wouldn't like to have a 'Freebird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama' to play every night? "

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" We have a song called 'Skynyrd Nation.' It's just about what our fans are, what they do in getting ready for the show. "

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" I think country music is Lynyrd Skynyrd. I think a lot of the country music is what we do, but I don't think rock & roll is dead at all. "

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" You have people ask us how you get through all the stuff that Skynyrd's been through, and I think it's the music; it really is. "

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" In my opinion, the only people who should have handguns are the police. "

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" Some of the songs on the radio are really outrageous. I listen to the lyric. If the lyric doesn't make sense, I don't like the song. "

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" We're musicians; we're not politicians or anything. "

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" If people can't relate to something, there's no use of the song being there. "

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