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Every redneck's dream is to write a song and have it go on a fishing show.
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We write about things that we've done or things that have happened to people around us.
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We go to Europe, and they think we're totally prejudiced 'cause we hang the bars and stripes. But for us, the bars and stripes doesn't mean we want to see anybody in slavery or anything like that. It's just our heritage. To us, the bars and stripes means grits, 'y'all,' and the beauty of the South. There's no prejudice at all in that with us.
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If people want to own a rifle or something like that for hunting purposes only, I tend to agree with that. But semi-automatic weapons and handguns, that's just unreal. I mean, what good are handguns?
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We always joke that our road crew will have to wheelchair us up onstage soon because this is what we do. This is what we love to do. This is what God put us on earth to do until the day we take our last breath.
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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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This is America, and everybody should have a right to say what they want to say. But I think there's a time and a place for it.
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I didn't know if Skynyrd fans were going to throw rocks at me or eggs or what.
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We've done shows with Tim McGraw, Hank Williams Jr., Montgomery Gentry, Shooter Jennings.
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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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Two of my favorite bands, Blackberry Smoke and Black Stone Cherry, I just think both of those bands are a good new progressive kind of Southern Rock that's a little different than us but still has a rootsy thing going on.
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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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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 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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When we were kids, we said the Pledge of Allegiance because we were proud of this country, and we said prayer. You know, we thanked the good Lord above.
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I was a Skynyrd fan before I was approached to be a part of Skynyrd, and they always ended it with 'Free Bird,' so I've been watching it since I was a kid.
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We have to make a living, sure, but it's about the legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd and what it stands for, what the fans are all about.
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Look at Gretchen Wilson. If she came out in the '70s she'd be the queen of Southern rock.
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If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been about writing songs and talking to people through them. That's what we do, and that's what we'll keep doing for as long as we can.
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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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When you're dealing with a big amount of money, you should have your own accountant and your own lawyer.
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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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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 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.
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I'm a Republican myself, though I think there are actually some Democrats in Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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We write stories about common people and common things. That's what Skynyrd always is about - the real working class of America.
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We always pay tribute to what the old Lynyrd Skynyrd has done - I'm very proud of that.
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It's for the common people, people who have made this great country of ours. That's what the heck I say we always write about.
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I saw B.B. King in concert one time where he had this guy that would bring him out a glass of water and towel to wipe his forehead with.
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'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs.
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As Christians, it's our duty to stand up for what we believe - that's called testifying.
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On our Web site, we have people complaining about us not playing new stuff. But there's so many classic Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, you can't go out and just do a bunch of new things.
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