Lynyrd Skynyrd Quotes
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I want to be there for the last note of 'Freebird' when that happens.
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I was a Skynyrd fan all along. But I was also the brother of the lead singer who passed on. I just didn't want to do anything that would harm the band's name.
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Skynyrd is a big family. We have argued, fussed, and fought.
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If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles.
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I just take every day on faith.
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The last thing we want to do is disappoint the fans.
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Nothing was easy for us coming up. But we were rich in family.
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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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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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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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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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We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights.
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We wanted to be America's Rolling Stones, to be the biggest band over here.
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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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We wore blue jeans and T-shirts. Our music was our gimmick.
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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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'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs.
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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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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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If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older.
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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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You can be hip-hop to the max, but you still know 'Sweet Home Alabama.'
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David Allan Coe actually went to jail one time. Some fan cursed Lynyrd Skynyrd, and David Allan Coe kicked his teeth in. He ran and kicked a guy's teeth in for saying something about Lynyrd Skynyrd.