A biography for Gary Rossingtonhasn’t been written yet.
“Jacksonville back in the 1960s was kind of a redneck town. There were only two or three places where you could play our kind of hard rock - or 'hippie music' as it was called back then. You had to go to Georgia or some place else.”
“If you can write a song that makes people have emotions and show their feelings, that's a powerful thing and a beautiful thing.”
“Man, I love Limp Bizkit, Johnny Lange, many people.”
“I love being Southern because of the people and the fans we have. People down here are more friendly - really warm people.”
“'Freebird' is an anthem, and 'Simple Man' is a very nice song.”
“For one reason or another, the good God has left me on this planet; surely, I will not sit around and not do what I do naturally.”
“We travel all over the world, and it seems like the South is the place where the people are nicest and they think of the fellow man more.”
“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.”
“It's really weird when we're out of the country, whether we're in Brazil or Greece or some crazy place like France or Germany. When you hear your song on the radio or in a store, and you're in a different country, it's really freaky and surreal.”
“You go through stuff, and you keep going.”
“I could write a dozen different songs with the same three or four chords, but they'd all be entirely different.”
“Nothing in the past is as important as the future.”
“Jimi Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland' and 'All Along the Watchtower,' those solos are just so cool.”
“There's only seven chords, so you got to use the same ones over and over. It's all in what you do with them.”
“I sound like an old bullfrog when I sing.”
“In Lynyrd Skynyrd, we always got our recognition.”
“We're not preachers, but we say, 'Let's try and change things.'”
“I love Eric Clapton and what he did with Cream; 'Spoonful' and 'Crossroads,' those are probably the coolest solos.”
“Everybody's got a right to their own opinion, you know?”