In a 1979 interview shared for the first time as part of the Audible documentary, Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude, John Belushi responds to criticism that the band was ripping off Black culture.
Soho Weekly News music critic Steve Bloom talked with Belushi about the backlash. “It’s just weird, you know?” Belushi said. “Why would I do these things?
The people watching me understand why I do it, and the band members do. The other people – there’s a certain amount of jealousy, I think, involved. … Why do I do what I do?
First of all, it has nothing to do with ego, it has nothing to do with money, you know, or the need to be loved by an audience.
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