Author: Johnny Van Zant

Quotes

I always try to relate a song to something what is going on, the working man, the times, how life goes.

I always try to relate a song to something what is going on, the working man, the times, how life goes.

- Johnny Van Zant

The fans have always been there for us, and they've realized when we were going through a hard time.

The fans have always been there for us, and they've realized when we were going through a hard time.

- Johnny Van Zant

Music is a great healer.

Music is a great healer.

- Johnny Van Zant

Johnny Colt is a character, and most people in Lynyrd Skynyrd are characters, so he fits in great with us. He's got an attitude, man, and I love it, and that's what we need.

Johnny Colt is a character, and most people in Lynyrd Skynyrd are characters, so he fits in great with us. He's got an attitude, man, and I love it, and that's what we need.

- Johnny Van Zant

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.

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

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.

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

They're great songs. How many bands wouldn't like to have a 'Freebird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama' to play every night?

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

I kinda feel that my brother wrote some of the best country lyrics ever - 'The Ballad of Curtis Loew,' 'Mississippi Kid' and that little hit 'Sweet Home Alabama.'

I kinda feel that my brother wrote some of the best country lyrics ever - 'The Ballad of Curtis Loew,' 'Mississippi Kid' and that little hit 'Sweet Home Alabama.'

- Johnny Van Zant

If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older.

If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older.

- Johnny Van Zant

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