A biography for Johnny Van Zanthasn’t been written yet.
“So many artists try to be something that they're not.”
“Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been about writing songs and talking to people through them. That's what we do, and that's what we'll keep doing for as long as we can.”
“We've done shows with Tim McGraw, Hank Williams Jr., Montgomery Gentry, Shooter Jennings.”
“I'd rather sit in Jacksonville and do a different kind of work than get messed over.”
“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.”
“I was a Skynyrd fan before I was approached to be a part of Skynyrd, and they always ended it with 'Free Bird,' so I've been watching it since I was a kid.”
“The fans have always been there for us, and they've realized when we were going through a hard time.”
“If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older.”
“Some people would do anything just to get a break; that's where the bad guys get you.”
“David Allan Coe actually went to jail one time. Some fan cursed Lynyrd Skynyrd, and David Allan Coe kicked his teeth in. He ran and kicked a guy's teeth in for saying something about Lynyrd Skynyrd.”
“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.”
“Whatever people want to say, we go out there every night, and we give tribute to the songs that my brother wrote, to Ronnie and Allen Collins and Steve Gaines and Leon Wilkeson and everybody. We pay tribute every night to those people who have gone on.”
“I actually quit the business. I went and drove a truck for a year and a half.”
“If people want to own a rifle or something like that for hunting purposes only, I tend to agree with that. But semi-automatic weapons and handguns, that's just unreal. I mean, what good are handguns?”
“I've never met a person who doesn't like music, and we may vary in what styles we like, but everybody likes some form of music.”
“Skynyrd is a big family. We have argued, fussed, and fought.”
“You don't go to some other country and bash our president.”
“If you're going into music, work on your music and do it as well as you can. And look at it as a business. I'm in it to make a living, too.”
“A lot of groups get dirty deals. They work hard and have to get a job after their career is over.”
“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.”