We were kinda rebels. From the wrong side of the tracks. Down where we were raised, it was a tough town.
I love being Southern because of the people and the fans we have. People down here are more friendly - really warm people.
I could write a dozen different songs with the same three or four chords, but they'd all be entirely different.
We used to travel through Alabama a lot and get onto back roads and just marvel at how pretty it was and how nice the people were.
If Marilyn Manson would write a song that says, 'Do your damn homework,' it would make the world a better place, and it wouldn't hurt him at all. And if he doesn't like it, to hell with him. He can come fight us - by the bicycle racks.
We're not really for anything but a better America, a stronger country. And we do support our soldiers.
I've got two lives. Weekends, I go out and play rock star. Weekdays, I play granddad. You can't beat that.
The only reason we used the Confederate flag was just because we were from the South, and we were proud of that.
Our parents helped us, or we wouldn't be here. Lacy Van Zant and my mother used to sign for amps or loan us money to get to the gig or take us in their car. It's just like little sports guys - Little League and football players - whose parents help them. That's why they get good.
We didn't have much money when I was younger, so I had to collect Coke bottles and cash them in and get a paper route to afford a guitar. That guitar from Sears came with a case and an amp and everything all in one. It was really cool.