The White Stripes Quotes
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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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Jesus Christ, is this an NPR convention?
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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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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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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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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 Bottom Line: If people don't LOVE our work, we will not be able to sell what we make.
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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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There's nothing I'm doing these days that I ever thought I was gonna do.
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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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Happiness is more important than money any day.
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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.
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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.
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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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Collectors are paying for our education by purchasing our art.
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You can't be an actor in a small town-you have to go to New York or L.A.
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People talk about wanting amenities - downtown is the amenity.
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Any man with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most.
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Maybe we should all just listen to records and quit our jobs.
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The only things that are a little bit newer are the CD burners, but we hid them under the table, so basically we had the feeling we were somewhere completely different, in another time.
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Inspiration and work ethic - they ride right next to each other.
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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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If you don’t have a struggle inside or around you, you have to make one up.
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A songwriter's heart is pure when they have the desire to keep digging deeper into music. And invariably, when you dig deeper it always leads you into the past.