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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. "

Gary Rossington

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

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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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" Sometimes music isn't the way to talk politics, you know? "

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" We're not really for anything but a better America, a stronger country. And we do support our soldiers. "

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" I've got two lives. Weekends, I go out and play rock star. Weekdays, I play granddad. You can't beat that. "

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" God blessed us with talent. "

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" We were kinda rebels. From the wrong side of the tracks. Down where we were raised, it was a tough town. "

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

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" Jimi Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland' and 'All Along the Watchtower,' those solos are just so cool. "

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

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" If we do not play 'Alabama,' our fans would kill us. "

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" I think people who really want to do something do it. No matter what. And they won't quit until they do it. "

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" I think we're a working man's band. "

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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. "

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" Jacksonville back in the 1960s was kind of a redneck town. There were only two or three places where you could play our kind of hard rock - or 'hippie music' as it was called back then. You had to go to Georgia or some place else. "

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

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" We travel all over the world, and it seems like the South is the place where the people are nicest and they think of the fellow man more. "

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

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" We keep our music simple, no big gimmicks. We tell stories people can relate to, not hard to understand. "

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" It's really weird when we're out of the country, whether we're in Brazil or Greece or some crazy place like France or Germany. When you hear your song on the radio or in a store, and you're in a different country, it's really freaky and surreal. "

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

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