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" Skynyrd's not just a band; I think it's a lifestyle. It's iconic. "
Johnny Van Zant
Just
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" If you're going into music, work on your music and do it as well as you can. And look at it as a business. I'm in it to make a living, too. "
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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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" 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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" If it wasn't for Al Kooper, there might not be a Lynyrd Skynyrd. He's the one who found us at Pinocchio's in Atlanta, Georgia, and signed us to Sounds Of The South through MCA, brought the band to attention. "
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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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" My favorite singers in the world have been black singers, and you can go to any church and hear the best singers in the world - and I'm a singer, and I love singing! "
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" 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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" 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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" If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older. "
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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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" It's for the common people, people who have made this great country of ours. That's what the heck I say we always write about. "
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" I'm very proud to be from Jacksonville. "
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" If people can't relate to something, there's no use of the song being there. "
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" 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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" John 5 - he's weird. He's a freak. I'm just kidding. He's a great guy. "
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" Whatever people want to say, we go out there every night, and we give tribute to the songs that my brother wrote, to Ronnie and Allen Collins and Steve Gaines and Leon Wilkeson and everybody. We pay tribute every night to those people who have gone on. "
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" Look at Montgomery Gentry. If those boys came out in the '70s, they'd be Southern rock. "
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" My dad was a truck driver, and from the time I was knee high to a grapevine, I was driving a truck. "
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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 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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" 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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" People are asking us, 'Why have you gone country?' And we say, 'Man, we were born country.' They gave us the tag 'Southern rock' years ago as a way of not saying country. "
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