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" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
Want
Speak
Rock
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" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
Down
Politics
River
" I often use dropped D or C - I even go all the way down to A. What can be really cool is drop a guitar down there and have the rest of the band continue in standard tuning. It gives it a lot of power and texture. "
Rickey Medlocke
Guitar
Power
Rest
" You've just gotta go in and write from the heart and write the best material that you can and put it out. If one hits, hey, great. It keeps the legacy going. But you've gotta keep doing new material. It's the future of any band. "
Rickey Medlocke
You
Legacy
Heart
" We're about music. We're not about politics. "
Rickey Medlocke
Music
Politics
About
" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
People
Loving
Humble
" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
She
Care
Dog
" I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old. "
Rickey Medlocke
Old
Guitar
Years
" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
Life
Family
Road
" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
Big
Original
Band
" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
Brother
Stand
Talk
" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
Survive
Here
Believe
" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
Listen
Kid
Enjoy
" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
Free
You
Think
" As long as the fans keep comin' out, we're gonna keep making records and keep being there. "
Rickey Medlocke
Keep
Long
Being There
" Blackfoot was one of the ultimate live bands... there was no pretense, no gimmickry; it was sound, lights, and rock and roll. Our whole goal was to be terrifying... to strike fear and cause havoc in a closing band's minds. "
Rickey Medlocke
Live
Goal
Rock And Roll
" Country has just crossed so many lines now, that Skynyrd falls right into that category. "
Rickey Medlocke
Now
Lines
Just
" Recording should be fun. "
Rickey Medlocke
Recording
Should
Fun
" It's funny: here I am, a guy who plays in one of the world's biggest classic-rock bands, and to tell you the truth, I listen to classic rock the least. "
Rickey Medlocke
Rock
I Am
You
" You can be hip-hop to the max, but you still know 'Sweet Home Alabama.' "
Rickey Medlocke
Sweet
You
Alabama
" I've got a few great old Marshalls that I use live: '71 and '72 heads and an old combo with 2x12s. "
Rickey Medlocke
Live
Heads
Use
" As a young man growing up in that era, I was very influenced by Hendrix and took to a wah wah, and I learned how to really use one effectively as Hendrix did. "
Rickey Medlocke
Young Man
Growing
Man
" You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original. "
Rickey Medlocke
Tough
You
Possible
" We looked at the Allman Brothers as the fathers of what was to be called Southern rock. In our book, if you didn't like the Allman Brothers, you were sacrilegious. "
Rickey Medlocke
Book
Southern
You
" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
Blue
Political
Red
" That's what I'd rather be doing more than anything. I love to play and perform and write, record, do whatever - just stay in music. "
Rickey Medlocke
Love
More
Play
" 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.' "
Rickey Medlocke
Free
Home
Sweet
" We've always been hardcore rebels. "
Rickey Medlocke
Been
Always
Rebels
" You look around our audiences, and you see the spectrum - old fans and young people. "
Rickey Medlocke
See
You
People
" When I was 3 years old, I was playing banjo on a country music TV show. "
Rickey Medlocke
Country Music
Country
Show
" I gotta tell you, Rickey Medlocke lived in some of the most magical years in this world's history. I lived in the '60s. I lived in the '70s, right into the '80s, and man, it was bad to the bone. "
Rickey Medlocke
You
History
Bad