Musician

Michael Jordan was like basketball Jesus.

You look around our audiences, and you see the spectrum - old fans and young people.

I got nothing against Barack Obama; I just might not like some of his policies and the people he surrounds himself with.

I often use dropped D or C - I even go all the way down to A. What can be really cool is drop a guitar down there and have the rest of the band continue in standard tuning. It gives it a lot of power and texture.

As long as the fans keep comin' out, we're gonna keep making records and keep being there.

Country has just crossed so many lines now, that Skynyrd falls right into that category.

We were working 'Good Teacher' up, and it became apparent to me that, as we were playing it, the song had a Hendrix, 'Crosstown Traffic' vibe and feel to it.

It's funny: here I am, a guy who plays in one of the world's biggest classic-rock bands, and to tell you the truth, I listen to classic rock the least.

Recording should be fun.

I'm Native American, so the racial thing kind of hits home with me.

We're a working-people's band, and we love America and what she stands for. Also, we love doing shows, whether it's a huge amphitheater or a corn dog fest. We don't care.

You can be hip-hop to the max, but you still know 'Sweet Home Alabama.'

I really believe that with all of what Lynyrd Skynyrd has been through, we can survive just about anything. We've had a load of ups and downs, but we're still here.

I've got a few great old Marshalls that I use live: '71 and '72 heads and an old combo with 2x12s.

We've always been hardcore rebels.

I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old.

You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original.

Blackfoot was one of the ultimate live bands... there was no pretense, no gimmickry; it was sound, lights, and rock and roll. Our whole goal was to be terrifying... to strike fear and cause havoc in a closing band's minds.

If you really stop to think about it, the last really big guitar hero was Eddie Van Halen, and that was back in the '80s - early '80s, you know what I mean? That's a long time ago.

We're a blue-collar band. That's how we like to think of ourselves. We come from humble beginnings and still have this attitude of really loving to meet people, shake their hands, and talk with them.