I think a man of superior intelligence, as John presumably is, could not possibly hold racist or sexist views if he is prepared to give an interview to a periodical which so evidently promotes the view that women are not merely ojects of sexual desire.
His music is the matter for debate, good bad or indifferent. It wouldn't do if we were all the same!
His charitable donations are to be commended and obviously earning a considerable amount, as apparently he is HUGE in the USA, he can afford to do this, thereby also off-setting them against his IRS bill.
Please bear in mind the maxim "if you can't say something good about someone them don't say anything at all"..following this advice would have caused this thread not to have come into being in the first place. Join and anti-fascist/racist/sexist organisation.
I only wish that some of the posts on this thread had been as eloquent and educated as that of Tom Bliss on another thread, adjacent to this one, concerning other guitarists.
Oh and Lizzie Cornish 1 - well done for sticking up for him but in the immortal words of " Just a Minute" REPETITION and DEVIATION .