Lynyrd Skynyrd Quotes
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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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If you're going into music, work on your music and do it as well as you can. And look at it as a business. I'm in it to make a living, too.
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When I was 3 years old, I was playing banjo on a country music TV show.
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Skynyrd is a big family. We have argued, fussed, and fought.
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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.
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I want to be there for the last note of 'Freebird' when that happens.
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I just take every day on faith.
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If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles.
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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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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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Our newest member is Johnny Colt, who was bass player with The Black Crowes. Colt fits right in with us. He's loony as heck, and so are we. We have a great time and love doing what we do. I hope Johnny is with us for a long, long time. He is quite the guy.
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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.
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The last thing we want to do is disappoint the fans.
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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.
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All I can say is we love what we do, and the audience is still there for us. I think what's given us such longevity is that our music may not be fancy, but it touches a nerve with the average Joe.
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That's what I'd rather be doing more than anything. I love to play and perform and write, record, do whatever - just stay in music.
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Everybody in Lynyrd Skynyrd loves different styles of music, and our minds are very open when it comes to writing our songs and making the band true to what the band is, but also stepping out and doing something current.
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We wore blue jeans and T-shirts. Our music was our gimmick.
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We wanted to be America's Rolling Stones, to be the biggest band over here.
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'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs.
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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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When we are out on the road, running up and down the road playing shows, you have to be not only a member of a band but, especially with Lynyrd Skynyrd, you have to be a part of the Skynyrd nation. You have to be a part of the family.
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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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Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been a bunch of rowdy, crazy people, but we love our fans, and that's what the music is all about: touching them. Touching them touches us.