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" I think country music is Lynyrd Skynyrd. I think a lot of the country music is what we do, but I don't think rock & roll is dead at all. "

Johnny Van Zant

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" Everybody in Lynyrd Skynyrd loves different styles of music, and our minds are very open when it comes to writing our songs and making the band true to what the band is, but also stepping out and doing something current. "

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" We have doctors and lawyers and CEOs as fans. "

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" I'm always going to keep my eyes open. "

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" I want to be there for the last note of 'Freebird' when that happens. "

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" On our Web site, we have people complaining about us not playing new stuff. But there's so many classic Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, you can't go out and just do a bunch of new things. "

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" Some of the country stuff in the past has been so polished - if you were a guy with a nice pair of jeans, a big belt buckle and nice hat, you were country. "

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" I'm a Republican myself, though I think there are actually some Democrats in Lynyrd Skynyrd. "

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" Most of our fans are the hardworking people of the world. They are the people who have made this country great. "

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" I didn't know if Skynyrd fans were going to throw rocks at me or eggs or what. "

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" Two of my favorite bands, Blackberry Smoke and Black Stone Cherry, I just think both of those bands are a good new progressive kind of Southern Rock that's a little different than us but still has a rootsy thing going on. "

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" I'm a lover of old traditional country - George Jones, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Marty Roberts. "

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" You have people ask us how you get through all the stuff that Skynyrd's been through, and I think it's the music; it really is. "

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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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" It is a scary world out there, and believe me that if someone were to try to come into my house, I want to be able to protect myself. "

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" We've done shows with Tim McGraw, Hank Williams Jr., Montgomery Gentry, Shooter Jennings. "

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" Skynyrd's not just a band; I think it's a lifestyle. It's iconic. "

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" I'm very proud to be from Jacksonville. "

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" I actually quit the business. I went and drove a truck for a year and a half. "

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" 'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs. "

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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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" I was a Skynyrd fan before I was approached to be a part of Skynyrd, and they always ended it with 'Free Bird,' so I've been watching it since I was a kid. "

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" Look at Gretchen Wilson. If she came out in the '70s she'd be the queen of Southern rock. "

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" Some of the songs on the radio are really outrageous. I listen to the lyric. If the lyric doesn't make sense, I don't like the song. "

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" I don't think you can erase history. "

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" There's nothing like getting out there playing a great show with Skynyrd and seeing people love this music. "

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

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" Not every song of Lynyrd Skynyrd's was a single, but songs like 'Tuesday's Gone' and 'The Ballad of Curtis Loew' and 'Made in the Shade,' 'I Need You,' people learned those songs from the radio because radio played albums, not just singles. "

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" We write about things that we've done or things that have happened to people around us. "

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" Every redneck's dream is to write a song and have it go on a fishing show. "

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