A couple of excerpts from an interview with John Lee Hooker, American Blues legend, a few years before he died in 2001. I found this to be somewhat humorous.
Have you been married more than once?
Four times. I ain’t never gonna get married again. I mess around some now, you know, but not like I used to. I may shack. When you’re shackin’, you do wrong and you can get the hell out! No, I ain’t gettin’ married no more. That’s a big responsibility, and you might get a woman you don’t know. You think you do, but she starts running around, cheating and going on – I don’t want that. Just come in, stay awhile and get out. Sometimes a woman thinks she wants to marry you, and after she gets married to you, she gonna find different and want to start trouble. And if God call you today, you want someone that’s gonna take care of your kids.
Did you raise your kids to believe in God and Jesus?
Oh, yeah, because I do. I’m a Jehovah’s Witness.
Were you that most of your life?
No. I was a Baptist. My family was too.
What led you to become a Jehovah’s Witness?
God is Jehovah. I come to believe in that. You don’t have to be sanctified, but you do the right thing in life and love people and believe in him. I always do.
Do you think there’s a heaven?
I believe in paradise. It’s here on earth. “He will clean the wicked and save the righteous.” God will never destroy this earth. He’ll destroy the evil on this earth, but he invented this earth. When, we don’t know. It’s been here forever. He’s not gonna destroy this earth. He’ll destroy the people that are on it and do evil. He will clean this up, and the righteous will survive. That’s what I believe in. I could be wrong.
The entire interview can be found here for those who are interested:
http://jasobrecht.com/john-lee-hooker-living-blues-interviews/
