You can't steal an artist's songs and also tell him he can't license that music to a commercial. — Jack White Copy Share Image
If you emphasize one part of the song, it trivializes the rest of the music. — Jack White Copy Share Image
The day that music is taken for free by the majority is the day that the phrase "sell out" doesn't exist any… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Music is what I have to do, I only answer the questions so that I can do it. — Jack White Copy Share Image
Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And… — Jack White Copy Share Image
It was really hard to find people to come over and play guitar and sing and write songs together. So that turned… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I never wanted to play guitar when I was younger. I wanted to be a drummer because everybody plays guitar, and I… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I… — Jack White Copy Share Image
If you're asking if I would be foolish enough, or insulting enough, to write about people in my life that I respect… — Jack White Copy Share Image
We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer space. We… — Jack White Copy Share Image
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… — Jack White Copy Share Image
For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with… — Jack White Copy Share Image
The main things to rebel against - over-production, too much technology, overthinking. It's a spoiled mentality; everything is too easy. If you… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I'm excited by the band [White Stripes]. It really excites me. But it wouldn't excite me if there weren't those limitations, if… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I was in a Montessori school. There was a drum circle with all the kids passing around a little bongo drum. I… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Musically, though, you're a character and you're singing a song. If you're not your own character, you're the character in the song,… — Jack White Copy Share Image
A songwriter's heart is pure when they have the desire to keep digging deeper into music. And invariably, when you dig deeper… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I've always worked to find really deep meaning of song and also at the same time having it covered in sugar, so… — Jack White Copy Share Image
In all my songs, I take on roles and play characters. It's a unique way to explore ideas and decisions I might… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Well, as a songwriter, it's really dangerous to use the word love in a song. It's a word that has been used… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I have very little interest in the bottom line or signing artists to help make the label profit. That's a lucky, unique… — Jack White Copy Share Image
It's hard to find other musicians that push you to go somewhere new all the time. — Jack White Copy Share Image
The way I like to start a new project is to take a cover song and make a stab at it, ideally… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But for someone I don't… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I certainly wouldn't want a song that I'd already written to be used on a commercial. That seems strange. — Jack White Copy Share Image
Vinyl survived, we managed not to kill it. Knowing that you’ve taken part in this fight... You can’t imagine the happiness it… — Jack White Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People aren't buying records like they used to, so it's nice to try to figure out a way to make them do… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Like it or not, people tend to buy paintings to match their drapes, couch or carpet. I know you want them to be so… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Inspiration and creativity, they ride right next to one anotherNot everyday are you going to wake up, the clouds are gonna part and the… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I'm excited by the band [White Stripes]. It really excites me. But it wouldn't excite me if there weren't those limitations, if we weren't… — Jack White Copy Share Image
My mother was 45 when she had me, so when I was in high school my parents were the same age as my friends' grandparents. — Jack White Copy Share Image
The only person who is hurt by jealousy is you... Eliminate that word from your life... it may not make you unsuccessful selling your… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I love the way art moves people emotionally. I love the fact that when someone purchases art it is the one thing that will… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Worry means tormenting yourself with disturbing thoughts or fretting about things we have zero control over. If you live in the north there is… — Jack White Copy Share Image
We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer space. We want to… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Mastery is the rudder, Mystery is the sail and Magic the wind to move you in your chosen direction. — Jack White Copy Share Image
Smart art galleries know it's not the words on paper but the emotion in the piece that makes clients pull out the credit card… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I'd got accepted to the seminary in Wisconsin, and I was gonna become a priest, but the last second I thought, 'I'll just go… — Jack White Copy Share Image