The White Stripes Quotes
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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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Success is having a career that you love with every fiber in your body.
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I gave myself over to music and art a long time ago, so I don't get to relax and I don't get to sit still. The best I can do is constantly create my own environment so it benefits what I need to accomplish in the next step.
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You need a little resistance-something to fight against.
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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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We learn to beat fear by doing.
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Life is simple unless we find a way to make it complicated.
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When I say nothing, I say everything.
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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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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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Art is only worth what people will pay for it. Artists do not get paid by the hour.
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Because you can be lazy if you don't know the truth.
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It's easy to learn but takes a lifetime to master.
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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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I believe I am a better director than actor. I enjoy acting if the part is right. Directing comes very naturally to me. I enjoy it. I am very confident in my work.
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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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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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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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Art doesn't sell itself, it has to be sold.
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Selling is nothing more than asking questions and waiting for an answer.
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Technique plays a part - you have to know how to play.
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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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Maybe I'm a little more confident than I used to be, but not much.
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People have sort of a problem trying to see an end to a situation as being positive or romantic.