100 Quotes by Johnny Van Zant

We go to Europe, and they think we're totally prejudiced 'cause we hang the bars and stripes. But for us, the bars and stripes doesn't mean we want to see anybody in slavery or anything like that. It's just our heritage. To us, the bars and stripes means grits, 'y'all,' and the beauty of the South. There's no prejudice at all in that with us.

We write about things that we've done or things that have happened to people around us.

It's for the common people, people who have made this great country of ours. That's what the heck I say we always write about.

When you're 17, touring is fun.

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

I actually quit the business. I went and drove a truck for a year and a half.

Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been a bunch of rowdy, crazy people, but we love our fans, and that's what the music is all about: touching them. Touching them touches us.

We have to make a living, sure, but it's about the legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd and what it stands for, what the fans are all about.

I just love going out and playing my brother's songs.