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" You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original. "
Rickey Medlocke
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" It's funny: here I am, a guy who plays in one of the world's biggest classic-rock bands, and to tell you the truth, I listen to classic rock the least. "
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You
" I got nothing against Barack Obama; I just might not like some of his policies and the people he surrounds himself with. "
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" The fans mean an awful lot to us. They keep us going. "
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" I think what the public knows as 'Southern rock' will never be repeated. "
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" You can be hip-hop to the max, but you still know 'Sweet Home Alabama.' "
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" Recording should be fun. "
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Recording
Should
Fun
" Country has just crossed so many lines now, that Skynyrd falls right into that category. "
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" Music is a healing tool. "
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Healing
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" We're a blue-collar band. That's how we like to think of ourselves. We come from humble beginnings and still have this attitude of really loving to meet people, shake their hands, and talk with them. "
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People
Loving
Humble
" Michael Jordan was like basketball Jesus. "
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Like
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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
" 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
" I often use dropped D or C - I even go all the way down to A. What can be really cool is drop a guitar down there and have the rest of the band continue in standard tuning. It gives it a lot of power and texture. "
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Guitar
Power
Rest
" 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
Song
Band
" Politics are the same old thing. We elect people, we put them in office, and guess what they do? They sell us out. They sell us down the river, and we pay for it. "
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Down
Politics
River
" When I was 3 years old, I was playing banjo on a country music TV show. "
Rickey Medlocke
Country Music
Country
Show
" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
She
Care
Dog
" 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
" I'm Native American, so the racial thing kind of hits home with me. "
Rickey Medlocke
Native
American
Home
" 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
" That's what I'd rather be doing more than anything. I love to play and perform and write, record, do whatever - just stay in music. "
Rickey Medlocke
Love
More
Play
" We've always been hardcore rebels. "
Rickey Medlocke
Been
Always
Rebels
" 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. "
Rickey Medlocke
Big
Original
Band
" 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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Song
Good Teacher
Me
" 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. "
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Blue
Political
Red
" We're about music. We're not about politics. "
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Music
Politics
About
" There are only seven chords, and I believe every song has already been written. "
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Song
Only
I Believe
" You look around our audiences, and you see the spectrum - old fans and young people. "
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See
You
People
" I've got a few great old Marshalls that I use live: '71 and '72 heads and an old combo with 2x12s. "
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Live
Heads
Use
" I find that America is moving toward a certain type of government that everybody else is moving away from, and I find that very upsetting to me. "
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Find
America
Government