Jack White

I love the Arctic Monkeys . Who doesn't? I'd love to see them live, but haven't got round to it yet. I…

— Jack White

We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer space. We…

— Jack White

Some people remaster their records six, seven times, remix it three, four times, spend a million hours, then they always go back…

— Jack White

If you saw me working with construction crews or graphic designers, you'd see how much I'm really hoping for them to bring…

— Jack White

The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings…

— Jack White

If you're asking if I would be foolish enough, or insulting enough, to write about people in my life that I respect…

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In my bands, I don't really walk around telling people what to play, just out of respect really. I mean, if there's…

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There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us…

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I probably could have a hip-hop-style entourage of 40 people coming with me to the club or whatever, and I don't do…

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Technology is a big destroyer of emotion and truth. Auto-tuning doesn’t do anything for creativity. Yeah, it makes it easier and you…

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Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a…

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I made a rule for myself in my early 20s not to become a record collector in the sense that I reference…

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I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later…

— Jack White

Worry means tormenting yourself with disturbing thoughts or fretting about things we have zero control over. If you live in the north…

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You will face boredom and frustration your entire career as artists. You will be very frustrated seeking a voice/style that collectors can…

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The main things to rebel against - over-production, too much technology, overthinking. It's a spoiled mentality; everything is too easy. If you…

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I've always been making up my own restrictions for myself, from day one, and it's compelling, because it forces me to think.…

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The Guinness book is a very elitist organization. There's nothing scientific about what they do. They just have an office full of…

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Like it or not, people tend to buy paintings to match their drapes, couch or carpet. I know you want them to…

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I believe I am a better director than actor. I enjoy acting if the part is right. Directing comes very naturally to…

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The true professional makes art when he is not feeling good, if the studio is too cold or too warm or the…

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A songwriter's heart is pure when they have the desire to keep digging deeper into music. And invariably, when you dig deeper…

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I don't think there is room for 'artistic temperament.' Professional artists understand art is a business. If businesses ran their companies like…

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I cannot judge what motivates people. We are all moved by one of four things or a combination of these four things:…

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I gave myself over to music and art a long time ago, so I don't get to relax and I don't get…

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Every album I've done pretty much has been not in a pleasant, quote-unquote, environment - it's freezing cold, or it was somebody's…

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Well any man with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most and you know why you love at all…

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Passion is the breath we take, the water we drink to sustain ourselves. Without air and water we perish; without passion an…

— Jack White

I don't like making my job easier. How are you accomplishing anything if there's no struggle? If I have to create a…

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I grew up in the 90s in the time of grunge when if you didn't go on stage in jeans and a…

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If you have twenty guys in the room and you just bring in one girl, you change the entire mood and everyone…

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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm…

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The only person who is hurt by jealousy is you... Eliminate that word from your life... it may not make you unsuccessful…

— Jack White

The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the…

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I've always worked to find really deep meaning of song and also at the same time having it covered in sugar, so…

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I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want things so much…

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It seemed like there was no control over it. I think certain things just popped. God was blessing us in telling us…

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There have been three times. Once I got in a car accident and shattered my finger. A few years ago I didn't…

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I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But for someone I don't…

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I dislike the word 'emerging artist.' Emerging connotes to me an alligator coming up from the water. I consider all artists to…

— Jack White