Johnny Van Zant

Musician

199 Quotes

I'm always going to keep my eyes open.

We always pay tribute to what the old Lynyrd Skynyrd has done - I'm very proud of that.

We always pay tribute to what the old Lynyrd Skynyrd has done - I'm very proud of that.

We didn't grow up rich people.

A lot of groups get dirty deals. They work hard and have to get a job after their career is over.

So many artists try to be something that they're not.

Don't sign your publishing away.

I think people relate to Skynyrd; it's a working class band. They're just songs with messages. To this day, there's never been a song written that didn't have a message.

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.

Skynyrd is a big family. We have argued, fussed, and fought.

Some of the country stuff in the past has been so polished - if you were a guy with a nice pair of jeans, a big belt buckle and nice hat, you were country.

Some people would do anything just to get a break; that's where the bad guys get you.

I think people relate to Skynyrd; it's a working class band. They're just songs with messages. To this day, there's never been a song written that didn't have a message.

We have doctors and lawyers and CEOs as fans.

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 lover of old traditional country - George Jones, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Marty Roberts.

There's nothing like getting out there playing a great show with Skynyrd and seeing people love this music.

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 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.

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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