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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.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
People are asking us, 'Why have you gone country?' And we say, 'Man, we were born country.' They gave us the tag 'Southern rock' years ago as a way of not saying country.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd
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We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
We're a blue-collar band. That's how we like to think of ourselves. We come from humble beginnings and still have this attitude of really loving to meet people, shake their hands, and talk with them.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Not every song of Lynyrd Skynyrd's was a single, but songs like 'Tuesday's Gone' and 'The Ballad of Curtis Loew' and 'Made in the Shade,' 'I Need You,' people learned those songs from the radio because radio played albums, not just singles.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Sometimes music isn't the way to talk politics, you know?
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I got nothing against Barack Obama; I just might not like some of his policies and the people he surrounds himself with.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
God blessed us with talent.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd
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I actually quit the business. I went and drove a truck for a year and a half.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I was one of the original drummers. What everyone likes to do is think of Lynyrd Skynyrd as the band that picked up again in '73. But I was one of the original members, and I was a big part of that.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
We just try to write about things that are close to our hearts. We don't sit around trying to write another 'Free Bird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama.'
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
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.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
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.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Nothing in the past is as important as the future.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd
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It's funny: here I am, a guy who plays in one of the world's biggest classic-rock bands, and to tell you the truth, I listen to classic rock the least.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I love being Southern because of the people and the fans we have. People down here are more friendly - really warm people.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I'm a Republican myself, though I think there are actually some Democrats in Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
The only reason we used the Confederate flag was just because we were from the South, and we were proud of that.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Jacksonville back in the 1960s was kind of a redneck town. There were only two or three places where you could play our kind of hard rock - or 'hippie music' as it was called back then. You had to go to Georgia or some place else.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
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.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd
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I'm feeling real good and trying to take care of myself and living healthy. As good as I can feel.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
There's only seven chords, so you got to use the same ones over and over. It's all in what you do with them.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
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.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I sound like an old bullfrog when I sing.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd