A biography for Ronnie Van Zanthasn’t been written yet.
“This band doesn't owe anything to anybody.”
“The Allman Brothers were definitely the group that opened up the door for the Southern groups.”
“The other bands are just as bad, but we go to jail more.”
“We've played in the North and in the South, and it seems like the young people around America just want to feel good now.”
“We're just Southern people.”
“All Southern groups associate with one another.”
“We put our music together, piece by piece, like a jigsaw puzzle.”
“The best way to hit a man is in his pocket.”
“We're kind of like an old dog that ain't housebroke.”
“We made The Who look like church boys on Sunday. We done things only fools'd do.”
“Talk about dues, we paid a damn ton of 'em. So many that if things ever went too smoothly, it would ruin the group.”
“Breaking up a hotel room doesn't change anything.”
“We just want to be a band and play good music.”
“We just dig Southern rock 'n' roll. It hasn't been represented well at all. So, we want to see the people in the South get their music out.”
“The South just keeps right on playing good time Southern music.”