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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.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
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.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd
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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.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
We're not preachers, but we say, 'Let's try and change things.'
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
You look around our audiences, and you see the spectrum - old fans and young people.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
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.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
If rock & roll is dead and gone, man, I am missing out on it.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd
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John 5 - he's weird. He's a freak. I'm just kidding. He's a great guy.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
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.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I think that 'God & Guns' turned out a little more 'country' than we wanted it to be.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
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.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
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.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
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.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd
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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.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
When I was 3 years old, I was playing banjo on a country music TV show.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
We always pay tribute to what the old Lynyrd Skynyrd has done - I'm very proud of that.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Who knows what the heck the future will bring.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I really believe that with all of what Lynyrd Skynyrd has been through, we can survive just about anything. We've had a load of ups and downs, but we're still here.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I don't know if anybody will ever be as good as Hendrix again.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd
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I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Next time you go get bin Laden, don't call it Operation Geronimo, and if anyone wants to stand toe-to-toe with me and talk about it, I'm open, brother.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Skynyrd is a big family. We have argued, fussed, and fought.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
The last thing we want to do is disappoint the fans.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd