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" We're not preachers, but we say, 'Let's try and change things.' "

Gary Rossington

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

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" Buffalo Springfield had three guitar players, and we thought they were so cool. So we started doing the three-guitar thing, and people started calling us the 'guitar army' and all this stuff. "

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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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" 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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" I'm feeling real good and trying to take care of myself and living healthy. As good as I can feel. "

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

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

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

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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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" I love being Southern because of the people and the fans we have. People down here are more friendly - really warm people. "

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

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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. "

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

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

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" In Lynyrd Skynyrd, we always got our recognition. "

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" 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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" 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 sound like an old bullfrog when I sing. "

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" We want to challenge Marilyn Manson and the rap people with the bad lyrics to write some positive songs. "

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

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

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