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

I like George W. At a time when this country was hit hard, he stood up for America. He's been the leader of the free world during the hardest time America's ever had.

Look at Montgomery Gentry. If those boys came out in the '70s, they'd be Southern rock.

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

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

We have a song called 'Skynyrd Nation.' It's just about what our fans are, what they do in getting ready for the show.

I don't think you can erase history.

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!

Not every song of Lynyrd Skynyrd's was a single, but songs like 'Tuesday's Gone' and 'The Ballad of Curtis Loew' and 'Made in the Shade,' 'I Need You,' people learned those songs from the radio because radio played albums, not just singles.

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.

I think it's just that Skynyrd songs are timeless.

We didn't grow up rich people.

Nothing was easy for us coming up. But we were rich in family.

Rock & roll has kept us alive for all these years. But we just love country music. It's in our blood.

I've never met a person who doesn't like music, and we may vary in what styles we like, but everybody likes some form of music.

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.

Don't sign your publishing away.

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.

If people can't relate to something, there's no use of the song being there.

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

When you set a goal for yourself, you do what you need to.

If you're going into music, work on your music and do it as well as you can. And look at it as a business. I'm in it to make a living, too.

Rich people know how to party, too.

We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending.