Top 21 Quotes & Sayings by Ronnie Van Zant

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Ronnie Van Zant.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Ronald Wayne Van Zant was an American musician known as the lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was the older brother of two other rock vocalists: current Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant and Donnie Van Zant, the founder and vocalist of 38 Special. He was the father of Tammy Van Zant and Melody Van Zant.

American - Musician | January 15, 1948 - October 20, 1977

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Talk about dues, we paid a damn ton of 'em. So many that if things ever went too smoothly, it would ruin the group.

Ronnie Van Zant

Breaking up a hotel room doesn't change anything.

Ronnie Van Zant

The best way to hit a man is in his pocket.

Ronnie Van Zant

We're just Southern people.

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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.

Ronnie Van Zant

All Southern groups associate with one another.

Ronnie Van Zant

We're kind of like an old dog that ain't housebroke.

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

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The Allman Brothers were definitely the group that opened up the door for the Southern groups.

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We put our music together, piece by piece, like a jigsaw puzzle.

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This band doesn't owe anything to anybody.

Ronnie Van Zant

We made The Who look like church boys on Sunday. We done things only fools'd do.

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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.

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We just want to be a band and play good music.

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The other bands are just as bad, but we go to jail more.

Ronnie Van Zant

What song is it you want to hear?

Ronnie Van Zant

I don't understand this phrase 'I've paid my dues.' We didn't have any money and lived on peanut butter and jelly, and I loved it. I don't regret any of it. We never expected to make it this far, but we worked hard to get here.

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I just swung for the fence. That's my whole philosophy in life.

Ronnie Van Zant

If it's your time to go, it's your time to go.

Ronnie Van Zant

If prisons, freight trains, swamps, and gators don't get ya to write songs, man, y'ain't got no business writin' songs.

Ronnie Van Zant

There are five kids in my family and I'm the only one who didn't get a diploma. All the kids got their diplomas hanging in my father's room and I got my gold records. I'd say he was more proud of the diplomas.

Ronnie Van Zant

Top 21 Quotes & Sayings by Ronnie Van Zant

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