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" I love Eric Clapton and what he did with Cream; 'Spoonful' and 'Crossroads,' those are probably the coolest solos. "

Gary Rossington

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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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" I've got two lives. Weekends, I go out and play rock star. Weekdays, I play granddad. You can't beat that. "

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" The more wild experiences you have, the better songs you can write. "

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

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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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" 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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" Keith Moon was the funniest guy around. The stuff he did was insane. He was like somebody straight out of the movies. "

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" 'Freebird' is an anthem, and 'Simple Man' is a very nice song. "

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" 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. "

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" You go through stuff, and you keep going. "

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" The first time we ever used the Dixie flag for our backdrop was actually when we went over to Europe in 1970. It looked good, so we all liked it. We never meant any racial things by it. "

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" We loved Neil Young and all the music he's given the world. "

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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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" We're not preachers, but we say, 'Let's try and change things.' "

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" Jimi Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland' and 'All Along the Watchtower,' those solos are just so cool. "

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" We're not really for anything but a better America, a stronger country. And we do support our soldiers. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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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 that 'God & Guns' turned out a little more 'country' than we wanted it to be. "

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" We want to challenge Marilyn Manson and the rap people with the bad lyrics to write some positive songs. "

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" Through the years, people like the KKK and skinheads kinda kidnapped the Dixie or Southern flag from its tradition and the heritage of the soldiers. "

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" To see fans singing our songs and loving them and dancing or crying to some of them, it feels like the first time you ever played it. It really gets to you, like day one. "

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" I could write a dozen different songs with the same three or four chords, but they'd all be entirely different. "

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" There's only seven chords, so you got to use the same ones over and over. It's all in what you do with them. "

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" If you can write a song that makes people have emotions and show their feelings, that's a powerful thing and a beautiful thing. "

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

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" If Marilyn Manson would write a song that says, 'Do your damn homework,' it would make the world a better place, and it wouldn't hurt him at all. And if he doesn't like it, to hell with him. He can come fight us - by the bicycle racks. "

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