Johnny Van Zant Quotes

'Hell is for Children' is amazing to do every night and 'Promises in the Dark' and 'Love Is a Battlefied,' of course, but my absolute favorite would be 'Heartbreaker.' It's the one that started everything, so it has a very special place in my heart. And it still rocks every night! It's so fun to do.

We started playing 'Free Bird' in clubs, and initially, it was just a slow ballad.

My favorite song to play is 'Smokin' by Boston. I actually had a chance to play that with the band Boston live.

I knew the guys in the Allman Brothers way back in the day, before they were famous.

'Freebird' is an anthem, and 'Simple Man' is a very nice song.

It doesn't matter how many times I've played 'Brown Sugar', I never get tired of playing it.

I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.

One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.

I was one of the original drummers. What everyone likes to do is think of Lynyrd Skynyrd as the band that picked up again in '73. But I was one of the original members, and I was a big part of that.

Skynyrd's not just a band; I think it's a lifestyle. It's iconic.

Look at Gretchen Wilson. If she came out in the '70s she'd be the queen of Southern rock.

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

I saw Kiss on 'The Dick Clark Show' in, like, 1980 or something, and 'Kiss Alive!' was the first record of theirs I had.

I saw Cheap Trick play 'In Color,' and it was awesome.

That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years.

I got into Kiss before I got into anybody. The first thing I heard was 'Detroit Rock City.' I heard it in the school library, where I lived.

The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N' Roses. I would like to finish what I started with them.

The first album that I bought was the Nirvana 'MTV Unplugged in New York' album.

The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.

I was in a vintage pub rock band called Clover in the 1970s.

Growing up, I was a giant KISS fan, and the truth is the record I had was 'Rock and Roll Over,' and there wasn't even a clear picture of them in the packaging! So I really had no idea what they looked like; I just loved their music.

I love those Keith Richards solo records, but it's not the Rolling Stones.

When I was a kid, my first favorite song was probably Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side.'

I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

I think there is always room for a timeless sounding rock band like us.