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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. "

Gary Rossington

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" We're a rock n' roll band. We're more music and rock n' roll than politics. "

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" Old-school rock bands, and blues bands, too, are kind of a dying breed. "

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" We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights. "

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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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" I did get in a car wreck, but we got a good song out of it. "

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" I've always used the Peavey Mace equipment. I've got a few of them. They're kind of like Marshalls. You know, we used to use Marshalls, but Peaveys just seem to last longer and push the sound better. "

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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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" With life and grandkids and the whole thing, every day is busy, but I'm so thankful to God that I'm still here. "

Gary Rossington

" All we lived for was playing and being out on the road. That was our dream, and it came true. "

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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. "

Gary Rossington

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

Gary Rossington

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

Gary Rossington

" Our parents helped us, or we wouldn't be here. Lacy Van Zant and my mother used to sign for amps or loan us money to get to the gig or take us in their car. It's just like little sports guys - Little League and football players - whose parents help them. That's why they get good. "

Gary Rossington

" As long as the fans keep wanting to hear new records from us every few years, we'll keep making them. "

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" We wore blue jeans and T-shirts. Our music was our gimmick. "

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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. "

Gary Rossington

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

Gary Rossington

" The only reason we used the Confederate flag was just because we were from the South, and we were proud of that. "

Gary Rossington

" 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. "

Gary Rossington

" I don't know if anybody will ever be as good as Hendrix again. "

Gary Rossington

" 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. "

Gary Rossington

" 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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" Nothing in the past is as important as the future. "

Gary Rossington

" I've had some heart problems, and I'm on the straight and narrow. "

Gary Rossington

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

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" God blessed us with talent. "

Gary Rossington

" 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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