Johnny Van Zant Quotes
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I was a Skynyrd fan before I was approached to be a part of Skynyrd, and they always ended it with 'Free Bird,' so I've been watching it since I was a kid.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been about writing songs and talking to people through them. That's what we do, and that's what we'll keep doing for as long as we can.
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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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Skynyrd's not just a band; I think it's a lifestyle. It's iconic.
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I just love going out and playing my brother's songs.
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If it wasn't for Al Kooper, there might not be a Lynyrd Skynyrd. He's the one who found us at Pinocchio's in Atlanta, Georgia, and signed us to Sounds Of The South through MCA, brought the band to attention.
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I think it's just that Skynyrd songs are timeless.
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I'm very proud to be from Jacksonville.
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Rich people know how to party, too.
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We write about things that we've done or things that have happened to people around us.
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Some people would do anything just to get a break; that's where the bad guys get you.
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Look at Gretchen Wilson. If she came out in the '70s she'd be the queen of Southern rock.
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I didn't know if Skynyrd fans were going to throw rocks at me or eggs or what.
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I think people relate to Skynyrd; it's a working class band. They're just songs with messages. To this day, there's never been a song written that didn't have a message.
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You don't go to some other country and bash our president.
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Look at Montgomery Gentry. If those boys came out in the '70s, they'd be Southern rock.
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It's for the common people, people who have made this great country of ours. That's what the heck I say we always write about.
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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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Hank Junior fans are Skynyrd fans.
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I like George W. At a time when this country was hit hard, he stood up for America. He's been the leader of the free world during the hardest time America's ever had.
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There's nothing like getting out there playing a great show with Skynyrd and seeing people love this music.
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We always joke that our road crew will have to wheelchair us up onstage soon because this is what we do. This is what we love to do. This is what God put us on earth to do until the day we take our last breath.
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When you're 17, touring is fun.
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We have a song called 'Skynyrd Nation.' It's just about what our fans are, what they do in getting ready for the show.