Jack White Quotes - Page 4

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• 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.

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• You can't steal an artist's songs and also tell him he can't license that music to a commercial.

  Jack White

  Song, Artist, Stealing

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If you have twenty guys in the room and you just bring in one girl, you change the entire mood and everyone plays different.

  Jack White

  Girl, Play, Guy

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

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• Every time there's a list of the 100 greatest records of all time, all those albums were recorded in two days. Hardly any of them took a year, I'll tell you. In this day and age, I think it's important that people know that.

  Jack White

  Thinking, Years, Two

  "What's eating Jack?". Interview with Andrew Perry, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2004.

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• 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

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• 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.

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• I certainly wouldn't want a song that I'd already written to be used on a commercial. That seems strange.

  Jack White

  Song, Want, Strange

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Jack White

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Deadlines and things make you creative.

  Jack White

  Creative, Deadline

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• That's what happens nowadays with people working on computers. They can so easily fix things with their mouse and take out all the, 'Oh, somebody coughed in the background; we need to take that out' - or somebody hit a bad note. Those are all the best moments.

  Jack White

  People, Needs, Computer

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The biggest failures come round and spring ultimate surprises of survival.

  Jack White

  Spring, Survival, Surprise

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• It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.

  Jack White

  Art, People, Mind

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

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

  Jack White

  Chorus

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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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

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• 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

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• 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

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• Onstage, I don't feel any glory from people clapping in the audience, but when they're pushing me to do something new that feels good.

  Jack White

  People, Feel Good, Pushing

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I've always been making up my own restrictions for myself, from day one, and it's compelling, because it forces me to think. That's always been a driving force for me.

  Jack White

  Thinking, Driving, Restriction

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating.

  Jack White

  Hate, Past, People

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

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• It's a sound bite. It's very of this age, because that's what people want.

  Jack White

  People, Age, Sound

  "Jack White: Lady Gaga’s Music Is ‘All Image With No Meaning Behind It’" By Treye Green, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2012.

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• There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so when nice things happen to you, you're not really allowed to enjoy them.

  Jack White

  Nice, Catholic, Guilt

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The secret of a successful art career is to make more art that folks think they need than pieces they just want. When a piece of art emotionally connects with a person the work becomes a need. You are then on your way to becoming successful.

  Jack White

  Art, Successful, Thinking

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• In all my songs, I take on roles and play characters. It's a unique way to explore ideas and decisions I might not think or make in real life.

  Jack White

  Song, Real, Character

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• 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 are gonna come downsometimes you gotta just get in there and force yourself to work and maybe something good will come out of it.

  Jack White

  Inspiration, Creativity, Clouds

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