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" I don't know if anybody will ever be as good as Hendrix again. "
Gary Rossington
Good
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Anybody
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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. "
Gary Rossington
Wrong
Tough
Where
" 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. "
Gary Rossington
Music
Long
Hair
" With life and grandkids and the whole thing, every day is busy, but I'm so thankful to God that I'm still here. "
Gary Rossington
Day
God
Here
" All we lived for was playing and being out on the road. That was our dream, and it came true. "
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Playing
Lived
Dream
" I've had some heart problems, and I'm on the straight and narrow. "
Gary Rossington
Had
Straight
Some
" In Lynyrd Skynyrd, we always got our recognition. "
Gary Rossington
Got
Always
Lynyrd Skynyrd
" We want to challenge Marilyn Manson and the rap people with the bad lyrics to write some positive songs. "
Gary Rossington
Positive
Bad
Challenge
" Buffalo Springfield had three guitar players, and we thought they were so cool. So we started doing the three-guitar thing, and people started calling us the 'guitar army' and all this stuff. "
Gary Rossington
Guitar
Cool
Us
" I think that 'God & Guns' turned out a little more 'country' than we wanted it to be. "
Gary Rossington
Guns
God
Country
" 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. "
Gary Rossington
Back
Nice
People
" I think we're a working man's band. "
Gary Rossington
I Think
Man
Think
" We're not really for anything but a better America, a stronger country. And we do support our soldiers. "
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Support
America
Stronger
" We started playing 'Free Bird' in clubs, and initially, it was just a slow ballad. "
Gary Rossington
Started
Slow
Playing
" I sound like an old bullfrog when I sing. "
Gary Rossington
Sound
Sing
Like
" We travel all over the world, and it seems like the South is the place where the people are nicest and they think of the fellow man more. "
Gary Rossington
Think
Place
People
" We loved Neil Young and all the music he's given the world. "
Gary Rossington
Loved
Young
He
" 'Freebird' is an anthem, and 'Simple Man' is a very nice song. "
Gary Rossington
Man
Song
Nice
" 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. "
Gary Rossington
Car
Mother
Sports
" I'm feeling real good and trying to take care of myself and living healthy. As good as I can feel. "
Gary Rossington
Care
Myself
Take Care
" 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. "
Gary Rossington
Guitar
Cash
Cool
" We wore blue jeans and T-shirts. Our music was our gimmick. "
Gary Rossington
Blue Jeans
T-Shirts
Blue
" I just take every day on faith. "
Gary Rossington
Take
Every
Just
" I could write a dozen different songs with the same three or four chords, but they'd all be entirely different. "
Gary Rossington
Different
Write
Three
" We keep our music simple, no big gimmicks. We tell stories people can relate to, not hard to understand. "
Gary Rossington
Music
Simple
Hard
" Old-school rock bands, and blues bands, too, are kind of a dying breed. "
Gary Rossington
Dying
Blues
Too
" You go through stuff, and you keep going. "
Gary Rossington
You
Going
Go
" If we do not play 'Alabama,' our fans would kill us. "
Gary Rossington
Alabama
Play
Us
" For one reason or another, the good God has left me on this planet; surely, I will not sit around and not do what I do naturally. "
Gary Rossington
Sit
Will
Me
" I've always used the Peavey Mace equipment. I've got a few of them. They're kind of like Marshalls. You know, we used to use Marshalls, but Peaveys just seem to last longer and push the sound better. "
Gary Rossington
Always
Better
Kind
" Keith Moon was the funniest guy around. The stuff he did was insane. He was like somebody straight out of the movies. "
Gary Rossington
Out
Movies
Moon