Jack White Quotes
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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 to public school.' I had just gotten a new amplifier in my bedroom, and I didn't think I was allowed to take it with me.
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The bottom line is we must get off our duff and make an effort to succeed. Trust me on this, when you see someone successful in any of the arts they have been willing to make an extra effort.
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Saying you love something out loud with the wrong intonation in your face can damn you and destroy what you're working on.
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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.
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I think that most people, and by people I mean journalists, think that I pre-conceive everything and that I spend my afternoons dreaming up self-mythologizing points of interest.
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I am a commercial artist because I paint to earn a living. We who earn money from what we produce are all commercial artists.
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The true professional makes art when he is not feeling good, if the studio is too cold or too warm or the walls are falling down. We are painters and we paint. If I were a sculptor, I'd sculpt.
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The most exciting rock 'n' roll band of the last 50 years who are still on the road today.
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The only person who is hurt by jealousy is you... Eliminate that word from your life... it may not make you unsuccessful selling your art, but it will destroy your happiness.
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Amy Winehouse: Did she invent white soul? Wearing a beehive? No. But she did something brand new and fresh, altogether as a package, and you see who's in her wake, from the Duffys to the Lana Del Reys. Adele selling 20 million records? That would not have happened if Amy Winehouse was alive.
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The Bottom Line: If people don't LOVE our work, we will not be able to sell what we make.
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People talk about wanting amenities - downtown is the amenity.
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If you don’t have a struggle inside or around you, you have to make one up.
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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.
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Worry means tormenting yourself with disturbing thoughts or fretting about things we have zero control over. If you live in the north there is no need to worry about the snow. You will get plenty each year. If you live in California or Texas you needn't worry about rain because we won't receive any.
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Happiness is more important than money any day.
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It was really hard to find people to come over and play guitar and sing and write songs together. So that turned me into a songwriter that way, just so I could be able to play with other people.
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Jesus Christ, is this an NPR convention?
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Inspiration and work ethic - they ride right next to each other.
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Any man with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most.
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The wonderful news is that when a person with my lack of art background can be successful, then anyone can. I'm not super talented and had no art training. Nothing, nada, zip. No workshops or classes.
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It's easy to learn but takes a lifetime to master.
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Maybe we should all just listen to records and quit our jobs.
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You can't be an actor in a small town-you have to go to New York or L.A.