Johnny Van Zant

Johnny Van Zant

27-Feb-1959


United States


Musician

QUOTES BY Johnny Van Zant


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.

If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older.

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.

If it wasn't for Al Kooper, there might not be a Lynyrd Skynyrd. He's the one who found us at Pinocchio's in Atlanta, Georgia, and signed us to Sounds Of The South through MCA, brought the band to attention.

I want to be there for the last note of 'Freebird' when that happens.

Skynyrd is a big family. We have argued, fussed, and fought.

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.

As Christians, it's our duty to stand up for what we believe - that's called testifying.

'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs.

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