Johnny Van Zant Quotes
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We go to Europe, and they think we're totally prejudiced 'cause we hang the bars and stripes. But for us, the bars and stripes doesn't mean we want to see anybody in slavery or anything like that. It's just our heritage. To us, the bars and stripes means grits, 'y'all,' and the beauty of the South. There's no prejudice at all in that with us.
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Two of my favorite bands, Blackberry Smoke and Black Stone Cherry, I just think both of those bands are a good new progressive kind of Southern Rock that's a little different than us but still has a rootsy thing going on.
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If rock & roll is dead and gone, man, I am missing out on it.
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We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending.
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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.
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John 5 - he's weird. He's a freak. I'm just kidding. He's a great guy.
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I think country music is Lynyrd Skynyrd. I think a lot of the country music is what we do, but I don't think rock & roll is dead at all.
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Whatever people want to say, we go out there every night, and we give tribute to the songs that my brother wrote, to Ronnie and Allen Collins and Steve Gaines and Leon Wilkeson and everybody. We pay tribute every night to those people who have gone on.
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The last thing we want to do is disappoint the fans.
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Some of the songs on the radio are really outrageous. I listen to the lyric. If the lyric doesn't make sense, I don't like the song.
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Who knows what the heck the future will bring.
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Skynyrd is a big family. We have argued, fussed, and fought.
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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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I want to be there for the last note of 'Freebird' when that happens.
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I always try to relate a song to something what is going on, the working man, the times, how life goes.
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We have fans that come up all the time and say, 'This song helped me through this tough time in my life' or whatever. The music helps us through it, too.
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Don't sign your publishing away.
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If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older.
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We have a lot of friends who are hunters. And you know what? Come hunting season, man, they head to the woods, you know. And again, this country was built on God and guns, folks. I mean, it really was.
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Music is a great healer.
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If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles.
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'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs.
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Johnny Colt is a character, and most people in Lynyrd Skynyrd are characters, so he fits in great with us. He's got an attitude, man, and I love it, and that's what we need.
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Rock & roll has kept us alive for all these years. But we just love country music. It's in our blood.