Rickey Medlocke

We just try to write about things that are close to our hearts. We don't sit around trying to write another 'Free…

— Rickey Medlocke

We were working 'Good Teacher' up, and it became apparent to me that, as we were playing it, the song had a…

— Rickey Medlocke

The fans mean an awful lot to us. They keep us going.

— Rickey Medlocke

Blackfoot was one of the ultimate live bands... there was no pretense, no gimmickry; it was sound, lights, and rock and roll.…

— Rickey Medlocke

That's what I'd rather be doing more than anything. I love to play and perform and write, record, do whatever - just…

— Rickey Medlocke

Music is a healing tool.

— Rickey Medlocke

My old man Shorty was a huge figure in my musical life.

— Rickey Medlocke

Here's the deal: You can't go in with the intent that, 'All right, we're gonna write another 'Free Bird' or 'What's Your…

— Rickey Medlocke

I gotta tell you, Rickey Medlocke lived in some of the most magical years in this world's history. I lived in the…

— Rickey Medlocke

Recording should be fun.

— Rickey Medlocke

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

— Rickey Medlocke

Country has just crossed so many lines now, that Skynyrd falls right into that category.

— Rickey Medlocke

I really believe that with all of what Lynyrd Skynyrd has been through, we can survive just about anything. We've had a…

— Rickey Medlocke

I was one of the original drummers. What everyone likes to do is think of Lynyrd Skynyrd as the band that picked…

— Rickey Medlocke

Lynyrd Skynyrd is not a political band, but you know what? We believe in this country. We have a soft spot for…

— Rickey Medlocke

My dad was a musician, played on the road and played all of his life. And I grew up in a musical…

— Rickey Medlocke

We've always been hardcore rebels.

— Rickey Medlocke

Every band wants to be have a song that is that big, that will pretty much live on forever. I don't know…

— Rickey Medlocke

I think what the public knows as 'Southern rock' will never be repeated.

— Rickey Medlocke

Michael Jordan was like basketball Jesus.

— Rickey Medlocke

All I can say is we love what we do, and the audience is still there for us. I think what's given…

— Rickey Medlocke

It's exciting and refreshing to listen to new rock. And I like a lot of it - Filter, Vertical Horizon, Stabbing Westward...…

— Rickey Medlocke

I'm Native American, so the racial thing kind of hits home with me.

— Rickey Medlocke

You have to be as original as possible. It's a tough thing to come up with something totally original.

— Rickey Medlocke

We're about music. We're not about politics.

— Rickey Medlocke