Jack White Quotes

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• Maybe we should all just listen to records and quit our jobs

  Jack White

  Jobs, Records, Quitting

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• Failure comes when we don't get back up and try again.

  Jack White

  Trying, Get Back, Try Again

  Jack White (2013). “Messages of Effusion: Challenging Answers for Perplexing Career Situations Artists Encounter”, p.7, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Well, I sort of don't trust anybody who doesn't like Led Zeppelin.

  Jack White

  Music, Zeppelins, Don't Trust

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• 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 creative. Opportunity and telling yourself you have all the time in the world, all the money in the world, all the colors in the palette, anything you want-that just kills creativity.

  Jack White

  Creativity, Opportunity, Color

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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 all up.

  Jack White

  Ideas, Done, Shakes

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The secret is planning your work and working your plan. If you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you arrive? You can't stumble upon your destination.

  Jack White

  Secret, Planning, Destination

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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 artist will wither and blow away.

  Jack White

  Passion, Artist, Blow

  Jack White (2013). “Methods of Success: Artists fail because of unfounded fear, jealousy, insecurity, not knowing and a lack of confidence. This book will eliminate these lies from your life.”, p.139, Lulu Press, Inc

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• I don't feel very good about myself. People always leave me. Nobody can stand me for very long. I wish I could cut my tongue out, or take out the part of my brain that has opinions. Or cares. I wish I could be simple. Be quiet, introverted, or shy. I'm half way in between a wallflower at a party and Elvis Presley. People love one or the other. In between is no place to be.

  Jack White

  Party, Cutting, Simple

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• I trust no one who hasn’t time for music.

  Jack White

  Trust No One

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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 want to record a song, you can buy Pro Tools and record four hundred guitar tracks. That leads to overthinking, which kills any spontaneity and the humanity of the performance.

  Jack White

  Song, Technology, Guitar

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Many days you will want to give up because of rejections and failures. Passion to be an artist will help you prevail where others fail.

  Jack White

  Giving Up, Passion, Artist

  Jack White (2013). “Messages of Effusion: Challenging Answers for Perplexing Career Situations Artists Encounter”, p.103, Lulu Press, Inc

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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 that we sabotage them.

  Jack White

  Thinking, Want, Way

  Interview with Dimitri Ehrlich, Buzz Aldrin, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 29, 2012.

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• I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles.

  Jack White

  Birthday, Beautiful, Mean

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Telling yourself you have all the time in the world, all the colors in the palette, that just kills creativity.

  Jack White

  Creativity, Color, World

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• Nowadays, everybody assumes, when the wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get answered. Because they have the internet. No matter what the question is, someone will answer their question.

  Jack White

  Morning, Wake Up, Answers

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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 like... I would definitely do that.

  Jack White

  Song, Want

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved.

  Jack White

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Pursuit

  Message to fans on personal website, September 18, 2003.

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• I'm one of those people that you have to keep your eye on or I'll wander off into the woods and forget to come back.

  Jack White

  Hate, Eye, People

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• The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on the winds that bring the storm.

  Jack White

  Eagles, Wind, Wings

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• Happiness is more important than money any day.

  Jack White

  Important

  Jack White (2013). “Messages of Effusion: Challenging Answers for Perplexing Career Situations Artists Encounter”, p.279, Lulu Press, Inc

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• I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my friend, you're my wife, you're my girlfriend, you're my co-worker. 'This is your box, and you're not allowed to stray outside of it.'

  Jack White

  Girlfriend, Wife, Female

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Life is simple unless we find a way to make it complicated.

  Jack White

  Simple, Way, Life Is

  "Aviate, Navigate, Communicate". faso.com. March 20, 2014.

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• When I say nothing, I say everything

  Jack White

  Song: Lazaretto, Album: Lazaretto, 2014

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• I won't let love disrupt, corrupt, or interrupt me.

  Jack White

  Song: Love Interruption, Album: Blunderbuss, 2012

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• We don't have to live up to the expectations of others. Passion is personal. As long as our passion is fueled with the right stuff then keep on plodding forward. I'll never be Mark Twain or Tom Clancy. But that's okay, because neither of them could teach you to mix a boundless number of grays, or where to place the catch light in a portrait.

  Jack White

  Passion, Light, Numbers

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