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

Gary Rossington

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

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

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

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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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" We started playing 'Free Bird' in clubs, and initially, it was just a slow ballad. "

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" I've always heard that the reason you fall is to get back up and keep going. So when that happens, or life throws you bad breaks or curves or deals you the wrong hand, all I've ever known is to keep going. "

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" I think that 'God & Guns' turned out a little more 'country' than we wanted it to be. "

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" The more wild experiences you have, the better songs you can write. "

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

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" God blessed us with talent. "

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

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" 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. "

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" Everybody's got a right to their own opinion, you know? "

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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. "

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" We didn't have much money when I was younger, so I had to collect Coke bottles and cash them in and get a paper route to afford a guitar. That guitar from Sears came with a case and an amp and everything all in one. It was really cool. "

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

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" We wanted to be America's Rolling Stones, to be the biggest band over here. "

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" 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. "

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