Latest Jack White Quotes from Interviews

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• If you emphasize one part of the song, it trivializes the rest of the music.

  Jack White

  Song

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• A riff can take on the aspect of a chorus in a listener's psyche.

  Jack White

  Chorus

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• It's easy to learn but takes a lifetime to master.

  Jack White

  Lifetime, Easy

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• Technique plays a part - you have to know how to play.

  Jack White

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• Some guys are afraid of "fashion" even those this isn't really fashion. It's more "style". A lot of guys don't want to look like they care too much. The idea of standing in a fiting room and trying things on and saying, "How does this look?" I think maybe that experience is a little bit intimidating.

  Jack White

  Fashion, Thinking, Guy

  Source: www.highsnobiety.com

• I think the most important thing is to start with something that fits perfectly. Don't worry about having it in five colors.

  Jack White

  Thinking, Worry, Important

  Source: www.highsnobiety.com

• 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 house with not-that-great equipment. It's always something that spurs on to get the job done.

  Jack White

  House, Done, Cold

  Source: www.avclub.com

• We've had experience of involvement in a local scene, and it was a good one, and we've learned a lot from it, and I don't have any need to join into that ever again. It's too counterproductive to writing music and performing to the best of your abilities. It's okay when you're 20 years old - you're getting out there and you're learning - but not when you're 30 years old.

  Jack White

  Writing, Scene, Ability

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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 doesn't exist, I'll do that. Time and money constraints are a great way to do it.

  Jack White

  Struggle, Time And Money

  Source: www.gq.com

• I think the media's the kind of thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.

  Jack White

  Fun, Winning, Thinking

• It's hard to find other musicians that push you to go somewhere new all the time.

  Jack White

  Musician, Hard

  Source: chicagoist.com

• It's kind of ridiculous that I find inspiration in just getting away from everything. But when you've gone through it, you realize that it's the enemy. It's a distraction from what you're really doing. You've got to keep moving. Like a shark.

  Jack White

  Moving, Inspiration, Sharks

  "The Raconteurs". Interview with Jonathan Durbin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.

• It's funny because when you do become successful, you're forced to look backwards and try to crawl back into the womb where you first started to create.

  Jack White

  Successful, Trying, Looks

  "The Raconteurs". Interview with Jonathan Durbin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.

• I can't imagine being anything creative in a major town because everybody's doing the same exact thing you're doing. How can you not get confused about what you yourself are doing?

  Jack White

  Confused, Creative, Towns

  "The Raconteurs". Interview with Jonathan Durbin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.

• You can't be an actor in a small town-you have to go to New York or L.A.

  Jack White

  New York, Actors, Towns

  "The Raconteurs". Interview with Jonathan Durbin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.

• I would never be able to live in a huge city. I'd feel like one of 100,000 people doing the same thing.

  Jack White

  Cities, People, Able

  "The Raconteurs". Interview with Jonathan Durbin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.

• I never wanted to play guitar when I was younger. I wanted to be a drummer because everybody plays guitar, and I didn't want to do what everybody else wanted to do.

  Jack White

  Guitar, Play, Want

  "The Raconteurs". Interview with Jonathan Durbin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.

• You need a little resistance-something to fight against.

  Jack White

  Fighting, Needs, Littles

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I'm always afraid, because I do most of my stuff at home, where nobody bothers me, and I don't have to stroke somebody's ego or be careful about hurting someone's feelings. But I also want to know that I can still go into the world and be with other people and make music.

  Jack White

  Hurt, Home, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I always stayed away from the studio environment as much as possible. But I just wanted to see if I could work in one. It's not easy. Just having an engineer's assistant around is enough for me to be uncomfortable. With more than one person there in the room, it feels strange.

  Jack White

  Rooms, Assistants, Strange

  "The Raconteurs". Interview with Jonathan Durbin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.

• I have trouble listening to people tell me about their dreams.

  Jack White

  Dream, People, Listening

  "The Raconteurs". Interview with Jonathan Durbin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.

• Some people consider the way Shakespeare was writing about Ophelia as erotomania-that she was delusional in thinking that Hamlet was in love with her. But I don't think so.

  Jack White

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Interview with Jack White, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 23, 2008.

• There are distractions, all around. There's so much media, for a young kid to battle against, to get to something soulful. You have to make a decision, on your own, what you can take from these people, if you can dig deeper. It's nice to be able to let people dig deeper.

  Jack White

  Nice, Kids, Media

  Source: collider.com

• I believe I am a better director than actor. I enjoy acting if the part is right. Directing comes very naturally to me. I enjoy it. I am very confident in my work.

  Jack White

  Believe, Acting, Directors

• 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, most of the time. Even blues musicians, a lot of them who were the most realistic, at times, they were singing a song and portraying a character in the song. There's something to be said for getting involved in the emotion of a song, too, with the characters.

  Jack White

  Song, Character, Singing

  Source: www.avclub.com