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Johnny Van Zant
American
Musician
Born:
Feb 27
,
1959
Country
Fans
Music
People
Think
You
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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!
Johnny Van Zant
Love
Best
You
World
Church
Black
Singing
Favorite
Singer
Singers
Go
Hear
Been
Any
We have a song called 'Skynyrd Nation.' It's just about what our fans are, what they do in getting ready for the show.
Johnny Van Zant
Song
Fans
Nation
Our
About
Ready
Getting
Just
Show
I'm a Republican myself, though I think there are actually some Democrats in Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Johnny Van Zant
Myself
Think
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Though
Some
Democrats
Republican
Actually
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.
Johnny Van Zant
Time
World
Free
Leader
Country
Had
He
Free World
Like
George
Been
George W
Up
Hit
America
Stood
Hard
Ever
Hardest
Some people would do anything just to get a break; that's where the bad guys get you.
Johnny Van Zant
You
People
Some People
Bad
Would
Some
Bad Guys
Guys
Get
Just
Where
Anything
Break
I'd rather sit in Jacksonville and do a different kind of work than get messed over.
Johnny Van Zant
Work
Sit
Kind
Rather
Over
Messed
Than
Get
Different
Different Kind
On our Web site, we have people complaining about us not playing new stuff. But there's so many classic Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, you can't go out and just do a bunch of new things.
Johnny Van Zant
You
People
Complaining
New Things
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Our
Out
Classic
Web
About
Web Site
Songs
Stuff
New
Go
Bunch
New Stuff
Site
Just
Us
Many
Things
Playing
We have doctors and lawyers and CEOs as fans.
Johnny Van Zant
Fans
Doctors
Lawyers
CEOs
If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older.
Johnny Van Zant
Music
You
Old
Wind
Older
Only
Up
Fan
Gonna
Old Music
Even
This is America, and everybody should have a right to say what they want to say. But I think there's a time and a place for it.
Johnny Van Zant
Time
Think
Everybody
Say
America
Want
Place
Should
Right
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.
Johnny Van Zant
Love
Music
Crazy
People
Fans
Crazy People
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Our
About
Touching
Always
Been
Bunch
Them
Us
My dad was a truck driver. We all used to ride along with him. And the way he'd keep awake was to sing while he was going down the road. So we all joined in.
Johnny Van Zant
Ride
Down
Way
Joined
Driver
He
Road
Truck
Truck Driver
Along
Sing
Him
Going
While
Used
Down The Road
Awake
Dad
Keep
If people can't relate to something, there's no use of the song being there.
Johnny Van Zant
People
Song
Relate
Something
Being
Use
Being There
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.
Johnny Van Zant
God
You
Man
Country
Hunters
Hunting
Folks
Guns
Head
Come
Know
Built
Lot
Friends
Woods
Again
Mean
Really
Who
Season
The fans have always been there for us, and they've realized when we were going through a hard time.
Johnny Van Zant
Time
Fans
Through
Always
Were
Been
Going
Realized
Us
Hard
Hard Time
The last thing we want to do is disappoint the fans.
Johnny Van Zant
Fans
Disappoint
Want
Thing
Last
They're great songs. How many bands wouldn't like to have a 'Freebird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama' to play every night?
Johnny Van Zant
Home
Great
Sweet
Every
Songs
Great Songs
Like
How
Bands
Many
Play
Alabama
Every Night
Night
That's your end goal anyway, is to make the fans happy.
Johnny Van Zant
Happy
Fans
Make
Goal
End
Anyway
Your
We've done shows with Tim McGraw, Hank Williams Jr., Montgomery Gentry, Shooter Jennings.
Johnny Van Zant
Montgomery
Williams
Tim
Shooter
Done
Hank
Hank Williams
Shows
I saw B.B. King in concert one time where he had this guy that would bring him out a glass of water and towel to wipe his forehead with.
Johnny Van Zant
Time
Water
King
Saw
Out
Would
One Time
Guy
Wipe
Had
He
Glass
Towel
Him
Concert
Forehead
His
Where
Bring
I was a Skynyrd fan all along. But I was also the brother of the lead singer who passed on. I just didn't want to do anything that would harm the band's name.
Johnny Van Zant
Band
Would
Brother
Lead
Lead Singer
Name
Along
Also
Singer
Passed
Just
Want
Fan
Anything
Who
Harm
We always joke that our road crew will have to wheelchair us up onstage soon because this is what we do. This is what we love to do. This is what God put us on earth to do until the day we take our last breath.
Johnny Van Zant
Love
God
Day
Will
Joke
Breath
Crew
Our
Earth
Onstage
Take
Put
Road
Soon
Until
Because
Always
Up
Wheelchair
Us
Last
We're musicians; we're not politicians or anything.
Johnny Van Zant
Musicians
Politicians
Anything
When you're 17, touring is fun.
Johnny Van Zant
You
Touring
Fun
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