Johnny Colt Quotes
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What else do you say to Medlocke, Rossington and Van Zant? We're talking Southern rock royalty. We're talking Lynyrd Skynyrd. The only thing out of my mouth was when and where!
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I had left the music business and became a conflict journalist. The conflict journalism started for me in the Gulf and the oil spill. When Skynyrd needed a new bass player, they knew me from the Black Crowes.
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Oil's in everything we have, from anesthetics to aspirations to aspirins to most parts of the cell phone contain oil. We interface with oil in every part of our life.
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Some Lynyrd Skynyrd songs are literally the backdrop of America. Songs like 'Simple Man' and 'Free Bird' and 'Alabama.' I wasn't prepared for how emotional the crowd gets during the songs.
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I had a deal with CNN and had no intention of going back to the music business, but you know, it's Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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I have my own favorites; right now it's 'Simple Man,' but that changes from time to time.
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If the Pacific took Nauru, it'd wash away one of the strangest and most troubled places on Earth.
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In an odd way, it is refreshing to be around people who aren't attention-starved and media-addicted.
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Lead by examples, not words.
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My journalistic heroes are all the guys like Peter Arnett of Vietnam, and my style in journalism is you got to stand there, and you got to see it with your own eyes.
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The news of Mubarak stepping down came as I was sitting in my Jordanian home away from home.
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I was 8 years old when I started listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company and Led Zeppelin.
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When I had a kid, it was a game changer.
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One of the things about dealing with an artist is that their art is essentially - if they're successful, it's kind of lightning in a bottle. There is no formula for it.
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It's difficult, because when you're a popular singer who makes money, you're basically a race horse. And that's how you're treated by the people around you.
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I grew up in Japan. It's my first memories of life are Japan.
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In a lot of ways, Nauru is something like a canary in a coal mine: It's a tiny place with more than its share of troubles, most of them the kind that might have been prevented.
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When you grow up in Atlanta, joining Lynyrd Skynyrd is like joining the Rolling Stones.
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Rehab is one thing, but it takes years to get that attitude adjustment.
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When I left my band, I had to start over from scratch, and that's a scary place to go.
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While I was in India, my yoga teacher asked me to start teaching, and my life became about that for years. I taught 18 classes a week, therapeutics, and traveled to study with other teachers.
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My father was in the military, so I was in Okinawa.
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It's a big deal when you play in a rock band and you conquer Japan. You know, it's a big deal.
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Seriously, American pop culture must be the most predominant force on the planet, next to pollution and poverty.