Johnny Van Zant Quotes
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I actually quit the business. I went and drove a truck for a year and a half.
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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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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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Families do not stop living. We have got to keep going on. This is what people do.
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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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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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We write about things that we've done or things that have happened to people around us.
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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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Some of the country stuff in the past has been so polished - if you were a guy with a nice pair of jeans, a big belt buckle and nice hat, you were country.
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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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Skynyrd's not just a band; I think it's a lifestyle. It's iconic.
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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.
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I just love going out and playing my brother's songs.
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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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That's your end goal anyway, is to make the fans happy.
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Rich people know how to party, too.
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If people can't relate to something, there's no use of the song being there.
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We're musicians; we're not politicians or anything.
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Every redneck's dream is to write a song and have it go on a fishing show.
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You don't go to some other country and bash our president.
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To me, making a CD is like writing a book.
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My favorite singers in the world have been black singers, and you can go to any church and hear the best singers in the world - and I'm a singer, and I love singing!
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We don't get home enough.