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" When we were kids, we said the Pledge of Allegiance because we were proud of this country, and we said prayer. You know, we thanked the good Lord above. "

Johnny Van Zant

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" 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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" We always pay tribute to what the old Lynyrd Skynyrd has done - I'm very proud of that. "

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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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" 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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" Families do not stop living. We have got to keep going on. This is what people do. "

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