The White Stripes Quotes
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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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I love the Arctic Monkeys . Who doesn't? I'd love to see them live, but haven't got round to it yet. I never get to see bands because I'm never in the same town for more than two seconds.
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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.
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Punk is an attitude, not a genre, age group, or time period. What's interesting is trying to define the blues and punk in different ways. They are very close cousins.
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I remember rehearsing it, and it was the one that we were really excited about and thought would sound the best, and once it was down on tape, it was like, This doesn't actually sound that good.
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Art is only worth what people will pay for it. Artists do not get paid by the hour.
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Life is simple unless we find a way to make it complicated.
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We learn to beat fear by doing.
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Downtown Detroit has more vacant buildings over 10 storeys than any city in the world.
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The day that music is taken for free by the majority is the day that the phrase "sell out" doesn't exist any more.
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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.
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Well, I sort of don't trust anybody who doesn't like Led Zeppelin.
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Then we're going to take a lot of time off because in the last three years we've been touring continuously.
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Art doesn't sell itself, it has to be sold.
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Mastery is the rudder, Mystery is the sail and Magic the wind to move you in your chosen direction.
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I love the way art moves people emotionally. I love the fact that when someone purchases art it is the one thing that will last for generations.
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Selling is nothing more than asking questions and waiting for an answer.
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Maybe I'm a little more confident than I used to be, but not much.
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Some people consider the way Shakespeare was writing about Ophelia as erotomania – that she was delusional in thinking that Hamlet was in love with her. But I don't think so.
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People have sort of a problem trying to see an end to a situation as being positive or romantic.
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Technique plays a part - you have to know how to play.
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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.
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If you're doing something that people want, they'll find you.
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When I say nothing, I say everything.