The White Stripes Quotes
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Collectors are paying for our education by purchasing our art.
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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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In my bands, I don't really walk around telling people what to play, just out of respect really. I mean, if there's something I feel in my gut, I'll bring it up.
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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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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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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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The most exciting rock 'n' roll band of the last 50 years who are still on the road today.
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It's cool to meet your idols. It's a good opportunity to travel. Those kinds of things are good.
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I wouldn't want to be in a Lisa episode. They're kind of boring. Maybe a Homer one would be better.
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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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People talk about wanting amenities - downtown is the amenity.
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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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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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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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You can't be an actor in a small town-you have to go to New York or L.A.
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It's easy to learn but takes a lifetime to master.
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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?
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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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I have so many projects to work on I'm going to have to live to at least 120 to get some of them done.
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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.