Lynyrd Skynyrd Quotes
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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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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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Music is a great healer.
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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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The fans have always been there for us, and they've realized when we were going through a hard time.
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You go through stuff, and you keep going.
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As a young man growing up in that era, I was very influenced by Hendrix and took to a wah wah, and I learned how to really use one effectively as Hendrix did.
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We have a lot of friends who are hunters. And you know what? Come hunting season, man, they head to the woods, you know. And again, this country was built on God and guns, folks. I mean, it really was.
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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.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd is not a political band, but you know what? We believe in this country. We have a soft spot for our military. We love the red, white and blue, and every night we dedicate a portion of our show to our fighting men.
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We've done shows with Tim McGraw, Hank Williams Jr., Montgomery Gentry, Shooter Jennings.
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I've had some heart problems, and I'm on the straight and narrow.
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I've got a few great old Marshalls that I use live: '71 and '72 heads and an old combo with 2x12s.
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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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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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I'm a Republican myself, though I think there are actually some Democrats in Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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I often use dropped D or C - I even go all the way down to A. What can be really cool is drop a guitar down there and have the rest of the band continue in standard tuning. It gives it a lot of power and texture.
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I think what the public knows as 'Southern rock' will never be repeated.
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They're great songs. How many bands wouldn't like to have a 'Freebird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama' to play every night?
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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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My dad was a truck driver. We all used to ride along with him. And the way he'd keep awake was to sing while he was going down the road. So we all joined in.
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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'm a lover of old traditional country - George Jones, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Marty Roberts.