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title: "1 Parents Help Quotes By Gary Rossington"
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> [Our parents helped us, or we wouldn't be here. Lacy Van Zant and my mother used to sign for amps or loan us money to get to the gig or take us in their car. It's just like little sports…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/our-parents-helped-us-or-we-wouldn-t-be-here-lacy-van-zant-and-my/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

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## More by Gary Rossington

> [Old-school rock bands, and blues bands, too, are kind of a dying breed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/old-school-rock-bands-and-blues-bands-too-are-kind-of-a-dying-breed/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [We didn't have much money when I was younger, so I had to collect Coke bottles and cash them in and get a paper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/we-didn-t-have-much-money-when-i-was-younger-so-i-had-to-collect-coke/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [We want to challenge Marilyn Manson and the rap people with the bad lyrics to write some positive songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/we-want-to-challenge-marilyn-manson-and-the-rap-people-with-the-bad/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [We're a rock n' roll band. We're more music and rock n' roll than politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/we-re-a-rock-n-roll-band-we-re-more-music-and-rock-n-roll-than/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [I love being Southern because of the people and the fans we have. People down here are more friendly - really warm people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/i-love-being-southern-because-of-the-people-and-the-fans-we-have/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [We used to travel through Alabama a lot and get onto back roads and just marvel at how pretty it was and how nice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/we-used-to-travel-through-alabama-a-lot-and-get-onto-back-roads-and/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [The only reason we used the Confederate flag was just because we were from the South, and we were proud of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/the-only-reason-we-used-the-confederate-flag-was-just-because-we-were/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [Jimi Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland' and 'All Along the Watchtower,' those solos are just so cool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/jimi-hendrix-s-electric-ladyland-and-all-along-the-watchtower-those/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [You go through stuff, and you keep going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/you-go-through-stuff-and-you-keep-going/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [We keep our music simple, no big gimmicks. We tell stories people can relate to, not hard to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/we-keep-our-music-simple-no-big-gimmicks-we-tell-stories-people-can/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [I've always used the Peavey Mace equipment. I've got a few of them. They're kind of like Marshalls. You know, we used to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/i-ve-always-used-the-peavey-mace-equipment-i-ve-got-a-few-of-them/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [We're not preachers, but we say, 'Let's try and change things.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/we-re-not-preachers-but-we-say-let-s-try-and-change-things/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [We wanted to be America's Rolling Stones, to be the biggest band over here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/we-wanted-to-be-america-s-rolling-stones-to-be-the-biggest-band-over/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [I sound like an old bullfrog when I sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/i-sound-like-an-old-bullfrog-when-i-sing/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

> [For one reason or another, the good God has left me on this planet; surely, I will not sit around and not do what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-rossington/for-one-reason-or-another-the-good-god-has-left-me-on-this-planet/)

[Gary Rossington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-rossington/)

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