Frankie Ballard Quotes

I am a huge, huge Ronnie Milsap fan. I have been for a long time.

I'm a big country fan.

My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell.

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

I love Kings of Leon.

My favorite bands are Hank Williams Jr. and Led Zeppelin. When it's rock, it's '70s rock, and when it's country, it's '70s country. For me, it's the grit and dirt of music that I love so much.

The other guys in Hootie were into rock. I brought the country influence.

I think country music is Lynyrd Skynyrd. I think a lot of the country music is what we do, but I don't think rock & roll is dead at all.

Rock was born in the South, so saying 'Southern rock' is like saying 'rock rock.'

The song 'Eastbound and Down' by Jerry Reed is, of course, a personal favorite.

I was a huge Garth Brooks fan.

I like that outlaw crossover rock 'n' roll-country sound.

A lot of your rock people, even early, like Elvis, have always come from the South.

I get asked all the time, "What is a George Strait song?" I know it when I hear it. I don't seek a specific tempo or lyric or melody. It just has to make sense. Maybe it is natural because I was given the gift to sing.

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum. Playin' them guitars like shootin from a gun. Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock. Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock.

I've always been a Journey fan - since I was 12.

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.

I've always been a huge Eric Church fan. I'll never forget being in college listening to his first album and how much it inspired to write my own music.

I enjoy 'down South' music.

I'm a fan of all genres of music. I have a few country songs I like. I'm not gonna say I'm a huge country fan, but, you know, I listen around.

Our redneck reputation back then was originally just because we had long hair. Back in the '60s and the early '70s, in the South that was kind of a no-no. At all the Army and Navy bases we'd play, we would get into fights with the soldiers over our hair. But I think our music overshadowed everything else.

I'm a big rock 'n' roll head, I love country music, I love yodeling music. But I'm still black and funky.

I am going through a Neil Young phase. I also listen to a lot of alternative country, a band called Smog and Bonnie Prince Billy, which is very dark and twisted.

You can be hip-hop to the max, but you still know 'Sweet Home Alabama.'

The South just keeps right on playing good time Southern music.