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" You can be hip-hop to the max, but you still know 'Sweet Home Alabama.' "
Rickey Medlocke
Sweet
You
Alabama
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" Here's the deal: You can't go in with the intent that, 'All right, we're gonna write another 'Free Bird' or 'What's Your Name.'' You can't think about it in those terms, because you'll never outdo your history. "
Rickey Medlocke
Free
You
Think
" You've just gotta go in and write from the heart and write the best material that you can and put it out. If one hits, hey, great. It keeps the legacy going. But you've gotta keep doing new material. It's the future of any band. "
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You
Legacy
Heart
" I was one of the original drummers. What everyone likes to do is think of Lynyrd Skynyrd as the band that picked up again in '73. But I was one of the original members, and I was a big part of that. "
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Big
Original
Band
" Every band wants to be have a song that is that big, that will pretty much live on forever. I don't know too many new bands that will have a 'Free Bird' that will be around 30 years later. It's become a national anthem of sorts. "
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Know
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Band
" Next time you go get bin Laden, don't call it Operation Geronimo, and if anyone wants to stand toe-to-toe with me and talk about it, I'm open, brother. "
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Brother
Stand
Talk
" We're about music. We're not about politics. "
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Music
Politics
About
" I really believe that with all of what Lynyrd Skynyrd has been through, we can survive just about anything. We've had a load of ups and downs, but we're still here. "
Rickey Medlocke
Survive
Here
Believe
" I think what the public knows as 'Southern rock' will never be repeated. "
Rickey Medlocke
Will
Never
Rock
" We looked at the Allman Brothers as the fathers of what was to be called Southern rock. In our book, if you didn't like the Allman Brothers, you were sacrilegious. "
Rickey Medlocke
Book
Southern
You
" The fans mean an awful lot to us. They keep us going. "
Rickey Medlocke
Keep
Lot
Mean
" We just try to write about things that are close to our hearts. We don't sit around trying to write another 'Free Bird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama.' "
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Free
Home
Sweet
" There are only seven chords, and I believe every song has already been written. "
Rickey Medlocke
Song
Only
I Believe
" As long as the fans keep comin' out, we're gonna keep making records and keep being there. "
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Keep
Long
Being There
" I got nothing against Barack Obama; I just might not like some of his policies and the people he surrounds himself with. "
Rickey Medlocke
People
Against
Got
" You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original. "
Rickey Medlocke
Tough
You
Possible
" As a young man growing up in that era, I was very influenced by Hendrix and took to a wah wah, and I learned how to really use one effectively as Hendrix did. "
Rickey Medlocke
Young Man
Growing
Man
" Lynyrd Skynyrd is not a political band, but you know what? We believe in this country. We have a soft spot for our military. We love the red, white and blue, and every night we dedicate a portion of our show to our fighting men. "
Rickey Medlocke
Blue
Political
Red
" Blackfoot was one of the ultimate live bands... there was no pretense, no gimmickry; it was sound, lights, and rock and roll. Our whole goal was to be terrifying... to strike fear and cause havoc in a closing band's minds. "
Rickey Medlocke
Live
Goal
Rock And Roll
" Country has just crossed so many lines now, that Skynyrd falls right into that category. "
Rickey Medlocke
Now
Lines
Just
" I've got a few great old Marshalls that I use live: '71 and '72 heads and an old combo with 2x12s. "
Rickey Medlocke
Live
Heads
Use
" I don't want to use my platform to speak out against anybody. I'm a rock and roller. I play music for a living. "
Rickey Medlocke
Want
Speak
Rock
" My old man Shorty was a huge figure in my musical life. "
Rickey Medlocke
Huge
Old
Old Man
" My dad was a musician, played on the road and played all of his life. And I grew up in a musical family. I heard it all. I mean, I got accustomed to listening to Roy Acuff and all the old guys. It was really cool for me growing up in a family like that. "
Rickey Medlocke
Life
Family
Road
" It's exciting and refreshing to listen to new rock. And I like a lot of it - Filter, Vertical Horizon, Stabbing Westward... I even enjoy some Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock. "
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Listen
Kid
Enjoy
" We've always been hardcore rebels. "
Rickey Medlocke
Been
Always
Rebels
" All I can say is we love what we do, and the audience is still there for us. I think what's given us such longevity is that our music may not be fancy, but it touches a nerve with the average Joe. "
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Audience
Think
Say
" Michael Jordan was like basketball Jesus. "
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Like
Basketball
Michael Jordan
" I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old. "
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Old
Guitar
Years
" We're a working-people's band, and we love America and what she stands for. Also, we love doing shows, whether it's a huge amphitheater or a corn dog fest. We don't care. "
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She
Care
Dog
" We were working 'Good Teacher' up, and it became apparent to me that, as we were playing it, the song had a Hendrix, 'Crosstown Traffic' vibe and feel to it. "
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Good Teacher
Me