The White Stripes Quotes
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I made a rule for myself in my early 20s not to become a record collector in the sense that I reference all my old records. I can't live like that. I'd just be trapped in comparison, trying to emulate something, so I made a rule to just buy what I need, just the records I need.
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I hate irony, particularly when it is used because there isn't any message or to hide that someone hasn't any story to tell. Just like when someone only spews out a stack of cool words which don't mean anything and then has the gall to call it art. I always want to create a bridge between us and the listener, and I want it to be so that kids want to create for themselves a story or a context of the words.
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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.
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I have never in my whole life asked for an autograph. It seems a little ... unnecessary.
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Passion, for me, is like a shark - it never stops moving.
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I dislike the word 'emerging artist.' Emerging connotes to me an alligator coming up from the water. I consider all artists to be artists, not rising, emerging, amateur, beginning, but the real thing.
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It's the emotion of it that hits me, more than anything technical.
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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.
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It's hard listening to myself.
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The cover of Mojo, that was good for us.
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There's nothing I'm doing these days that I ever thought I was gonna do.
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I have trouble listening to people tell me about their dreams.
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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.
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If you emphasize one part of the song, it trivializes the rest of the music.
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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.
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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.
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I would never be able to live in a huge city. I'd feel like one of 100,000 people doing the same thing.
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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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It's hard to get that real good feeling about festivals sometimes.
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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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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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I got more used to my own voice, but still it's hard for me to listen to my own voice, or hear the recordings.
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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.