Jack White Quotes

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• An auctioneer is such a uniquely American thing. I keep thinking in my head, perhaps it's not as American as I think, but it feels…
• I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It…
• I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I…
• I certainly wouldn't want a song that I'd already written to be used on a commercial. That seems strange.
• I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital…
• I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So…
• I didn't really even think of recording under my own name for a long time. I thought, 'I've got the rest of my life to…
• Inspiration and creativity, they ride right next to one anotherNot everyday are you going to wake up, the clouds are gonna part and the rays…
• Deadlines and things make you creative.
• You want to figure out how you want to play the guitar; what your niche would be. Well you just start digging deeper. When you're…
• If you don’t have a struggle inside or around you, you have to make one up.
• I wanted to be able to talk with people who have trade jobs and make records with them. I want to do more records with…
• Maybe we should all just listen to records and quit our jobs
• Inspiration and work ethic - they ride right next to each other.
• Telling yourself you have all the time in the world, all the colors in the palette, that just kills creativity.
• I won't let love disrupt, corrupt, or interrupt me.
• Great work comes from great joy. Leave the angst for the movies; do art - that is fun.
• Sometimes you just get in there and force yourself to work, and maybe something good will come out, ya know? Deadlines and things make you…
• Vinyl survived, we managed not to kill it. Knowing that you’ve taken part in this fight... You can’t imagine the happiness it brings. Every time…
• I trust no one who hasn’t time for music.

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