Musician

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.

My favorite singers in the world have been black singers, and you can go to any church and hear the best singers in the world - and I'm a singer, and I love singing!

You have people ask us how you get through all the stuff that Skynyrd's been through, and I think it's the music; it really is.

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.

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.

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.

If rock & roll is dead and gone, man, I am missing out on it.

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.

My dad was a truck driver, and from the time I was knee high to a grapevine, I was driving a truck.

My father was a Democrat.

Don't sign your publishing away.

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

John 5 - he's weird. He's a freak. I'm just kidding. He's a great guy.

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

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.

We have a lot of friends who are hunters. And you know what? Come hunting season, man, they head to the woods, you know. And again, this country was built on God and guns, folks. I mean, it really was.

Most of our fans are the hardworking people of the world. They are the people who have made this country great.

John 5 - he's weird. He's a freak. I'm just kidding. He's a great guy.

Every redneck's dream is to write a song and have it go on a fishing show.

Skynyrd's not just a band; I think it's a lifestyle. It's iconic.