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" I saw B.B. King in concert one time where he had this guy that would bring him out a glass of water and towel to wipe his forehead with. "

Johnny Van Zant

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" We have a lot of friends who are hunters. And you know what? Come hunting season, man, they head to the woods, you know. And again, this country was built on God and guns, folks. I mean, it really was. "

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" Whatever people want to say, we go out there every night, and we give tribute to the songs that my brother wrote, to Ronnie and Allen Collins and Steve Gaines and Leon Wilkeson and everybody. We pay tribute every night to those people who have gone on. "

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" It's all these young country bucks doing Skynyrd songs, which is pretty cool to us. "

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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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" I'd rather sit in Jacksonville and do a different kind of work than get messed over. "

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" Our newest member is Johnny Colt, who was bass player with The Black Crowes. Colt fits right in with us. He's loony as heck, and so are we. We have a great time and love doing what we do. I hope Johnny is with us for a long, long time. He is quite the guy. "

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" We always pay tribute to what the old Lynyrd Skynyrd has done - I'm very proud of that. "

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" You don't go to some other country and bash our president. "

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" Skynyrd just hasn't gotten its just due. "

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" My dad was a truck driver, and from the time I was knee high to a grapevine, I was driving a truck. "

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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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