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My dad was a musician, played on the road and played all of his life. And I grew up in a musical family. I heard it all. I mean, I got accustomed to listening to Roy Acuff and all the old guys. It was really cool for me growing up in a family like that.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
There's nothing like getting out there playing a great show with Skynyrd and seeing people love this music.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd
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I don't think you can erase history.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Families do not stop living. We have got to keep going on. This is what people do.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
As Christians, it's our duty to stand up for what we believe - that's called testifying.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I'd rather sit in Jacksonville and do a different kind of work than get messed over.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
My father was a Democrat.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I think, hey, everybody has a right to change their mind.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd
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I just love going out and playing my brother's songs.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
That's your end goal anyway, is to make the fans happy.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
i kinda feel that my brother wrote some of the best country lyrics ever - 'The Ballad of Curtis Loew,' 'Mississippi Kid' and that little hit 'Sweet Home Alabama.'
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
A lot of groups get dirty deals. They work hard and have to get a job after their career is over.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
We don't get home enough.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
In my opinion, the only people who should have handguns are the police.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd
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You've just gotta go in and write from the heart and write the best material that you can and put it out. If one hits, hey, great. It keeps the legacy going. But you've gotta keep doing new material. It's the future of any band.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
We write stories about common people and common things. That's what Skynyrd always is about - the real working class of America.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
My old man Shorty was a huge figure in my musical life.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
It is a scary world out there, and believe me that if someone were to try to come into my house, I want to be able to protect myself.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
There are only seven chords, and I believe every song has already been written.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I've never met a person who doesn't like music, and we may vary in what styles we like, but everybody likes some form of music.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd
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So many artists try to be something that they're not.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
We are not saying that every idiot out there should own a gun - and there should be better background checks on guns. Not everybody should have the right.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Recording should be fun.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Politics are the same old thing. We elect people, we put them in office, and guess what they do? They sell us out. They sell us down the river, and we pay for it.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd