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

Gary Rossington

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" Old-school rock bands, and blues bands, too, are kind of a dying breed. "

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" It's really weird when we're out of the country, whether we're in Brazil or Greece or some crazy place like France or Germany. When you hear your song on the radio or in a store, and you're in a different country, it's really freaky and surreal. "

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" We used to travel through Alabama a lot and get onto back roads and just marvel at how pretty it was and how nice the people were. "

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" We wanted to be America's Rolling Stones, to be the biggest band over here. "

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" We were kinda rebels. From the wrong side of the tracks. Down where we were raised, it was a tough town. "

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" 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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" 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. "

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" If we do not play 'Alabama,' our fans would kill us. "

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" 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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" I've had some heart problems, and I'm on the straight and narrow. "

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

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" I just take every day on faith. "

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

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" You have to learn to live with the hard things in life and go on. "

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" I think people who really want to do something do it. No matter what. And they won't quit until they do it. "

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