Kan ik me voorstellen... maar laten we daar eens kritisch naar kijken, ben je het niet met me eens dat moreel gezag ook uit de eigen levensweg moet voortkomen? Van Wikipedia:
en.Wikipedia Jimi Hendrix Lemma schreef:Hendrix is widely known for and associated with the use of psychedelic drugs, most notably lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), as were many other famous musicians and celebrities of that time. He supposedly had never taken psychedelic drugs until the night he met Linda Keith, but had smoked cannabis and drank alcohol previously. Amphetamines are also recorded as being used by Hendrix during tours. Hendrix was notorious among friends and bandmates for sometimes becoming angry and violent when he drank too much alcohol.[148] Kathy Etchingham spoke of an incident that took place in a London pub in which an intoxicated Hendrix beat her with a public telephone handset because he thought she was calling another man on the pay phone.[149] Carmen Borrero, another girlfriend, says she required stitches after he hit her with a bottle after drinking and becoming jealous.[150] Alcohol was also cited as the cause of Hendrix's 1968 rampage that badly damaged a Stockholm hotel room and led to his arrest. Paul Caruso's friendship with Hendrix ended in 1970 when Hendrix, while under the influence, punched him and accused him of stealing from him.[151]
On May 3, 1969, while checking through Canadian customs at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Hendrix was arrested when small amounts of heroin and hashish were found in his luggage. After being released on a CAN$10,000 cash bail the same day, only four hours before his show was to begin, (and being required to appear in court at a later date), the Experience were able to play their concert at Maple Leaf Gardens. In his trial defense, Hendrix claimed that the drugs were slipped into his bag by a fan without his knowledge. He was acquitted.[152]
He was by all accounts promiscuous, having casual sex with many women.[153]
Een gewelddadige drugsverslaafde vreemdganger. Hoe zou de wereld er uitzien als we ons daar allemaal aan gaan modelleren? En let wel, ik beschrijf nu iemand die
jij als voorbeeld noemt, niet de slechtste artiest die ik maar kan vinden.
Als ik kijk naar het leven van mensen als:
1. Tenzin Gyatso, de veertiende Dalai Lama.
2. Joseph Ratzinger, Paus Benedictus XVI.
3. Rowan Williams, Aarstbisschop van Canterbury.
Dan krijg ik toch een heel ander beeld, al heb ik met alle drie problemen met de precieze inhoud van hun leer. In religieuze kringen wordt de moraal van Hendrix in ieder geval niet aangemoedigd waar dat in 'muzikale kringen' toch vaak wel het geval is. Dit zeg ik zonder de vele misstanden in de kerken te ontkennen.
Uiteindelijk maakt het mij niet uit wie oproept tot moreel gedrag, als het maar gebeurt, het liefst natuurlijk door iedereen, dus ook door de muziekindustrie.