I've got two lives. Weekends, I go out and play rock star. Weekdays, I play granddad. You can't beat that.
— Gary Rossington
Buffalo Springfield had three guitar players, and we thought they were so cool. So we started doing the three-guitar thing, and people started calling us the 'guitar army' and all this stuff.
If Marilyn Manson would write a song that says, 'Do your damn homework,' it would make the world a better place, and it wouldn't hurt him at all. And if he doesn't like it, to hell with him. He can come fight us - by the bicycle racks.
I've always used the Peavey Mace equipment. I've got a few of them. They're kind of like Marshalls. You know, we used to use Marshalls, but Peaveys just seem to last longer and push the sound better.
Keith Moon was the funniest guy around. The stuff he did was insane. He was like somebody straight out of the movies.
We want to challenge Marilyn Manson and the rap people with the bad lyrics to write some positive songs.
Sometimes music isn't the way to talk politics, you know?
Through the years, people like the KKK and skinheads kinda kidnapped the Dixie or Southern flag from its tradition and the heritage of the soldiers.
We wore blue jeans and T-shirts. Our music was our gimmick.