Gary Rossington

Musician

59 Quotes

We want to challenge Marilyn Manson and the rap people with the bad lyrics to write some positive songs.

I'm feeling real good and trying to take care of myself and living healthy. As good as I can feel.

I think people who really want to do something do it. No matter what. And they won't quit until they do it.

To see fans singing our songs and loving them and dancing or crying to some of them, it feels like the first time you ever played it. It really gets to you, like day one.

We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights.

We wore blue jeans and T-shirts. Our music was our gimmick.

We started playing 'Free Bird' in clubs, and initially, it was just a slow ballad.

Keith Moon was the funniest guy around. The stuff he did was insane. He was like somebody straight out of the movies.

We keep our music simple, no big gimmicks. We tell stories people can relate to, not hard to understand.

I've had some heart problems, and I'm on the straight and narrow.

Nothing in the past is as important as the future.

Jimi Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland' and 'All Along the Watchtower,' those solos are just so cool.

For one reason or another, the good God has left me on this planet; surely, I will not sit around and not do what I do naturally.

We loved Neil Young and all the music he's given the world.

Sometimes music isn't the way to talk politics, you know?

There's only seven chords, so you got to use the same ones over and over. It's all in what you do with them.

It's really weird when we're out of the country, whether we're in Brazil or Greece or some crazy place like France or Germany. When you hear your song on the radio or in a store, and you're in a different country, it's really freaky and surreal.

I sound like an old bullfrog when I sing.

You go through stuff, and you keep going.

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