Gary Rossington Quotes
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The first time we ever used the Dixie flag for our backdrop was actually when we went over to Europe in 1970. It looked good, so we all liked it. We never meant any racial things by it.
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We're not preachers, but we say, 'Let's try and change things.'
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We used to travel through Alabama a lot and get onto back roads and just marvel at how pretty it was and how nice the people were.
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I don't know if anybody will ever be as good as Hendrix again.
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For one reason or another, the good God has left me on this planet; surely, I will not sit around and not do what I do naturally.
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I think that 'God & Guns' turned out a little more 'country' than we wanted it to be.
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We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights.
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I just take every day on faith.
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It's really weird when we're out of the country, whether we're in Brazil or Greece or some crazy place like France or Germany. When you hear your song on the radio or in a store, and you're in a different country, it's really freaky and surreal.
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We wanted to be America's Rolling Stones, to be the biggest band over here.
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We wore blue jeans and T-shirts. Our music was our gimmick.
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We keep our music simple, no big gimmicks. We tell stories people can relate to, not hard to understand.
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Keith Moon was the funniest guy around. The stuff he did was insane. He was like somebody straight out of the movies.
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You go through stuff, and you keep going.
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With life and grandkids and the whole thing, every day is busy, but I'm so thankful to God that I'm still here.
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I've had some heart problems, and I'm on the straight and narrow.
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Nothing in the past is as important as the future.
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We're not really for anything but a better America, a stronger country. And we do support our soldiers.
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We travel all over the world, and it seems like the South is the place where the people are nicest and they think of the fellow man more.
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We were kinda rebels. From the wrong side of the tracks. Down where we were raised, it was a tough town.
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I did get in a car wreck, but we got a good song out of it.
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Our redneck reputation back then was originally just because we had long hair. Back in the '60s and the early '70s, in the South that was kind of a no-no. At all the Army and Navy bases we'd play, we would get into fights with the soldiers over our hair. But I think our music overshadowed everything else.
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We started playing 'Free Bird' in clubs, and initially, it was just a slow ballad.
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You have to learn to live with the hard things in life and go on.