We write about things that we've done or things that have happened to people around us.
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.
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.
To me, making a CD is like writing a book.
Don't sign your publishing away.
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.
I'm a Republican myself, though I think there are actually some Democrats in Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Skynyrd's not just a band; I think it's a lifestyle. It's iconic.
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.
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.
