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" If rock & roll is dead and gone, man, I am missing out on it. "
Johnny Van Zant
Gone
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Man
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" Families do not stop living. We have got to keep going on. This is what people do. "
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" 'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs. "
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" Nothing was easy for us coming up. But we were rich in family. "
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" My dad was a truck driver. We all used to ride along with him. And the way he'd keep awake was to sing while he was going down the road. So we all joined in. "
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" When you're dealing with a big amount of money, you should have your own accountant and your own lawyer. "
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" When you set a goal for yourself, you do what you need to. "
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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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" We have doctors and lawyers and CEOs as fans. "
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" Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been about writing songs and talking to people through them. That's what we do, and that's what we'll keep doing for as long as we can. "
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" We always joke that our road crew will have to wheelchair us up onstage soon because this is what we do. This is what we love to do. This is what God put us on earth to do until the day we take our last breath. "
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Day
" We write stories about common people and common things. That's what Skynyrd always is about - the real working class of America. "
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" I want to be there for the last note of 'Freebird' when that happens. "
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Want
" I'm very proud to be from Jacksonville. "
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Proud
" 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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" We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending. "
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" We go to Europe, and they think we're totally prejudiced 'cause we hang the bars and stripes. But for us, the bars and stripes doesn't mean we want to see anybody in slavery or anything like that. It's just our heritage. To us, the bars and stripes means grits, 'y'all,' and the beauty of the South. There's no prejudice at all in that with us. "
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Beauty
Want
Think
" I've never met a person who doesn't like music, and we may vary in what styles we like, but everybody likes some form of music. "
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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. "
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" It's all these young country bucks doing Skynyrd songs, which is pretty cool to us. "
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Us
" 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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Time
" A lot of groups get dirty deals. They work hard and have to get a job after their career is over. "
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" I was a Skynyrd fan all along. But I was also the brother of the lead singer who passed on. I just didn't want to do anything that would harm the band's name. "
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" Johnny Colt is a character, and most people in Lynyrd Skynyrd are characters, so he fits in great with us. He's got an attitude, man, and I love it, and that's what we need. "
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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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" Skynyrd's not just a band; I think it's a lifestyle. It's iconic. "
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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'm a Republican myself, though I think there are actually some Democrats in Lynyrd Skynyrd. "
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" I don't think you can erase history. "
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" If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles. "
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Up
Nothing