Johnny Van Zant Quotes
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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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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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Whatever people want to say, we go out there every night, and we give tribute to the songs that my brother wrote, to Ronnie and Allen Collins and Steve Gaines and Leon Wilkeson and everybody. We pay tribute every night to those people who have gone on.
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I think country music is Lynyrd Skynyrd. I think a lot of the country music is what we do, but I don't think rock & roll is dead at all.
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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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John 5 - he's weird. He's a freak. I'm just kidding. He's a great guy.
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We have fans that come up all the time and say, 'This song helped me through this tough time in my life' or whatever. The music helps us through it, too.
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We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending.
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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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If rock & roll is dead and gone, man, I am missing out on it.
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Who knows what the heck the future will bring.
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Some of the songs on the radio are really outrageous. I listen to the lyric. If the lyric doesn't make sense, I don't like the song.
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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 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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Don't sign your publishing away.
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Nothing was easy for us coming up. But we were rich in family.
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If you're going into music, work on your music and do it as well as you can. And look at it as a business. I'm in it to make a living, too.
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Skynyrd is a big family. We have argued, fussed, and fought.
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I want to be there for the last note of 'Freebird' when that happens.
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If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles.
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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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The last thing we want to do is disappoint the fans.
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Our newest member is Johnny Colt, who was bass player with The Black Crowes. Colt fits right in with us. He's loony as heck, and so are we. We have a great time and love doing what we do. I hope Johnny is with us for a long, long time. He is quite the guy.
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Rock & roll has kept us alive for all these years. But we just love country music. It's in our blood.