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:: Thursday, February 12, 2004 ::

Robert Randolph: "Everybody wants to be like Jesus"
Good interview on the VH1 website with steel guitarist Robert Randolph, a rising star with a strong Christian background. Like Evanescence, P.O.D., U2 and countless other Christian-influenced rock and pop musicians, Randolph is forgoing the CCM route to find success in the mainstream. "Over the last few years," writes Jim Macnie for VH1.com, "Robert Randolph has exercised his spirituality in both churches and barrooms, bringing a near delirious musical intensity to each venue."

A snippet from the interview, "Robert Randolph: Roadhouses of the Holy":

VH1: Obviously the songs are positive, but do you often have religious thoughts? Some press pieces paint you as being a real church-oriented dude.

RR: I was taught what to do and what not to do in a religious way. I keep that with me everyday. When I was a kid I went to church; but like everyone else, I was on the corner doing all the stupid stuff: fighting, selling, and those kinds of things. But as you get older, you realize that ain’t the right way. People die around you. So you use all that church teaching. In everyday life I do walk round with that in the back of my mind, because God is in control of all our lives - whether we accept it or not, he is. At any point in time he could take it away from us, so I keep that with me. I’m not the most holy guy or most religious guy, but I know my teachings. Everybody wants to be like Jesus. But they wait until the bad things happen to them and then they’re like, “Oh God, please help me, I don’t know what to do!” instead of saying a prayer one day and helping them get to the piece of mind that they need. I’m not going to get up there and sing a song about bitches and hos. First off, that’s disrespectful to women. But in general all that stuff is stupid to me. I don’t know why people even promote that stuff.

:: Andrew 07:48 + ::
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