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" My father was a Democrat. "
Johnny Van Zant
Democrat
Father
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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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" To me, making a CD is like writing a book. "
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" The last thing we want to do is disappoint the fans. "
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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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" 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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" We have to make a living, sure, but it's about the legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd and what it stands for, what the fans are all about. "
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" We didn't grow up rich people. "
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" When we are out on the road, running up and down the road playing shows, you have to be not only a member of a band but, especially with Lynyrd Skynyrd, you have to be a part of the Skynyrd nation. You have to be a part of the family. "
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" Some people would do anything just to get a break; that's where the bad guys get you. "
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You
" David Allan Coe actually went to jail one time. Some fan cursed Lynyrd Skynyrd, and David Allan Coe kicked his teeth in. He ran and kicked a guy's teeth in for saying something about Lynyrd Skynyrd. "
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" When you're 17, touring is fun. "
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You
" I didn't know if Skynyrd fans were going to throw rocks at me or eggs or what. "
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" Don't sign your publishing away. "
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Sign
Your
" We are not saying that every idiot out there should own a gun - and there should be better background checks on guns. Not everybody should have the right. "
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Right
Saying
Own
" As Christians, it's our duty to stand up for what we believe - that's called testifying. "
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Duty
Up
Our
" Hank Junior fans are Skynyrd fans. "
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Fans
Junior
Hank
" 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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Real
Always
America
" 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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Tuesday
" 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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Black
Rock
Good
" Look at Montgomery Gentry. If those boys came out in the '70s, they'd be Southern rock. "
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Look
Those
Southern
" We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending. "
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Keep
Take
Steps
" I'd rather sit in Jacksonville and do a different kind of work than get messed over. "
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Different
Kind
" I don't think you can erase history. "
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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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" Look at Gretchen Wilson. If she came out in the '70s she'd be the queen of Southern rock. "
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" So many artists try to be something that they're not. "
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Try
Something
" We have a song called 'Skynyrd Nation.' It's just about what our fans are, what they do in getting ready for the show. "
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Fans
Just
Show
" 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. "
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" This is America, and everybody should have a right to say what they want to say. But I think there's a time and a place for it. "
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