--- title: "20 Way Quotes By Jack White" description: "20 Way quotes by Jack White. Plus more from Jack White and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/jack-white-1911_complicated_life-is-simple-unless-we-find-a-way-to-m_1079613.png" --- > [Life is simple unless we find a way to make it complicated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/life-is-simple-unless-we-find-a-way-to-make-it-complicated/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/jack-white-1911_complicated_life-is-simple-unless-we-find-a-way-to-m_1079613.png) > [The big picture is a nice way to think of things if you have the freedom to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/the-big-picture-is-a-nice-way-to-think-of-things-if-you-have-the/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/jack-white-1911_big-picture_the-big-picture-is-a-nice-way-to-think-o_2373465.png) > [Punk is an attitude, not a genre, age group, or time period. What's interesting is trying to define the blues and punk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/punk-is-an-attitude-not-a-genre-age-group-or-time-period-what-s/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/jack-white-1911_age_punk-is-an-attitude-not-a-genre-age-grou_3116424.png) > [I love the way art moves people emotionally. I love the fact that when someone purchases art it is the one thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-love-the-way-art-moves-people-emotionally-i-love-the-fact-that-when/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/jack-white-1911_art_i-love-the-way-art-moves-people-emotiona_127572.png) > [In all my songs, I take on roles and play characters. It's a unique way to explore ideas and decisions I might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/in-all-my-songs-i-take-on-roles-and-play-characters-it-s-a-unique-way/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/jack-white-1911_character_in-all-my-songs-i-take-on-roles-and-play_2299876.png) > [I've always worked to find really deep meaning of song and also at the same time having it covered in sugar, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-ve-always-worked-to-find-really-deep-meaning-of-song-and-also-at/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/jack-white-1911_covered_i-ve-always-worked-to-find-really-deep-m_2037021.png) > [It seemed like there was no control over it. I think certain things just popped. God was blessing us in telling us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/it-seemed-like-there-was-no-control-over-it-i-think-certain-things/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/jack-white-1911_blessing_it-seemed-like-there-was-no-control-over_2286060.png) > [I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want things so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-think-that-sometimes-love-gets-in-the-way-of-itself-you-know-love/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/jack-white-1911_love_i-think-that-sometimes-love-gets-in-the_2856429.png) > [It was really hard to find people to come over and play guitar and sing and write songs together. So that turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/it-was-really-hard-to-find-people-to-come-over-and-play-guitar-and/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/jack-white-1911_able_it-was-really-hard-to-find-people-to-com_695755.png) > [Some people consider the way Shakespeare was writing about Ophelia as erotomania-that she was delusional in thinking that Hamlet was in love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/some-people-consider-the-way-shakespeare-was-writing-about-ophelia-as/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/jack-white-1911_delusional_some-people-consider-the-way-shakespeare_2286059.jpg) > [The secret of a successful art career is to make more art that folks think they need than pieces they just want.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/the-secret-of-a-successful-art-career-is-to-make-more-art-that-folks/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/jack-white-1911_art_the-secret-of-a-successful-art-career-is_2256282.jpg) > [People aren't buying records like they used to, so it's nice to try to figure out a way to make them do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/people-aren-t-buying-records-like-they-used-to-so-it-s-nice-to-try-to/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/jack-white-1911_buying_people-aren-t-buying-records-like-they-u_2632892.png) > [We were like a white family from the 1920s or something. My parents had this bizarre, different way of looking at things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/we-were-like-a-white-family-from-the-1920s-or-something-my-parents/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/jack-white-1911_all-black_we-were-like-a-white-family-from-the-192_890434.png) > [I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-really-don-t-like-to-take-the-easy-way-out-if-i-can-help-it-on/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/jack-white-1911_challenges_i-really-don-t-like-to-take-the-easy-way_1116070.jpg) > [With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. We did not want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/with-the-white-stripes-we-were-trying-to-trick-people-into-not/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/jack-white-1911_100-years_with-the-white-stripes-we-were-trying-to_2272964.png) > [I don't feel very good about myself. People always leave me. Nobody can stand me for very long. I wish I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-don-t-feel-very-good-about-myself-people-always-leave-me-nobody-can/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/jack-white-1911_brain_i-don-t-feel-very-good-about-myself-peop_2595598.png) > [You hear a lot of people, they turn 40 and it really bugs them and they get depressed or whatever. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/you-hear-a-lot-of-people-they-turn-40-and-it-really-bugs-them-and/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/jack-white-1911_brain_you-hear-a-lot-of-people-they-turn-40-an_1178209.png) > [Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. I'll share the formula I learned while forging my way forward as a full-time painter for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/luck-is-when-preparation-meets-opportunity-i-ll-share-the-formula-i/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/837/jack-white-1911_art_luck-is-when-preparation-meets-opportuni_1013106.png) > [The way I like to start a new project is to take a cover song and make a stab at it, ideally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/the-way-i-like-to-start-a-new-project-is-to-take-a-cover-song-and/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/jack-white-1911_cover_the-way-i-like-to-start-a-new-project-is_2902345.png) > [What you think is fake in your head comes off as not enough on camera, a lot of times. You almost have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/what-you-think-is-fake-in-your-head-comes-off-as-not-enough-on-camera/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/jack-white-1911_being-real_what-you-think-is-fake-in-your-head-come_1425228.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Jack White > [Like it or not, people tend to buy paintings to match their drapes, couch or carpet. I know you want them to be so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/like-it-or-not-people-tend-to-buy-paintings-to-match-their-drapes/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-just-think-old-old-movies-they-make-you-concentrate-and-pay/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [Inspiration and creativity, they ride right next to one anotherNot everyday are you going to wake up, the clouds are gonna part and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/inspiration-and-creativity-they-ride-right-next-to-one-anothernot/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-m-excited-by-the-band-white-stripes-it-really-excites-me-but-it/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/my-mother-was-45-when-she-had-me-so-when-i-was-in-high-school-my/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [The only person who is hurt by jealousy is you... Eliminate that word from your life... it may not make you unsuccessful selling your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/the-only-person-who-is-hurt-by-jealousy-is-you-eliminate-that-word/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [I love the way art moves people emotionally. I love the fact that when someone purchases art it is the one thing that will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-love-the-way-art-moves-people-emotionally-i-love-the-fact-that-when/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [Worry means tormenting yourself with disturbing thoughts or fretting about things we have zero control over. If you live in the north there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/worry-means-tormenting-yourself-with-disturbing-thoughts-or-fretting/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer space. We want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/we-have-a-secret-project-at-third-man-where-we-want-to-have-the-first/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [Mastery is the rudder, Mystery is the sail and Magic the wind to move you in your chosen direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/mastery-is-the-rudder-mystery-is-the-sail-and-magic-the-wind-to-move/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/smart-art-galleries-know-it-s-not-the-words-on-paper-but-the-emotion/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-d-got-accepted-to-the-seminary-in-wisconsin-and-i-was-gonna-become/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [I think I've been a good boy long enough and given everyone around me a fair piece of the pie as far as all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-think-i-ve-been-a-good-boy-long-enough-and-given-everyone-around-me/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) > [It's hard for me to play seated theaters because people tend to sit down and get a little bit complacent, so it's less energy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/it-s-hard-for-me-to-play-seated-theaters-because-people-tend-to-sit/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 struggle that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-don-t-like-making-my-job-easier-how-are-you-accomplishing-anything/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/jack-white/#itemlist", "name": "20 Way Quotes By Jack White", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life is simple unless we find a way to make it complicated.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack White" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/life-is-simple-unless-we-find-a-way-to-make-it-complicated/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/jack-white-1911_complicated_life-is-simple-unless-we-find-a-way-to-m_1079613.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/jack-white-1911_complicated_life-is-simple-unless-we-find-a-way-to-m_1079613.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/jack-white-1911_complicated_life-is-simple-unless-we-find-a-way-to-m_1079613.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life is simple unless we find a way to make it complicated.” — Jack White", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The big picture is a nice way to think of things if you have the freedom to.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack White" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/the-big-picture-is-a-nice-way-to-think-of-things-if-you-have-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/jack-white-1911_big-picture_the-big-picture-is-a-nice-way-to-think-o_2373465.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/jack-white-1911_big-picture_the-big-picture-is-a-nice-way-to-think-o_2373465.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/jack-white-1911_big-picture_the-big-picture-is-a-nice-way-to-think-o_2373465.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The big picture is a nice way to think of things if you have the freedom to.” — Jack White", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Punk is an attitude, not a genre, age group, or time period. 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