The White Stripes Quotes
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I cannot judge what motivates people. We are all moved by one of four things or a combination of these four things: money, romance, recognition or survival.
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I trust no one who hasn’t time for music.
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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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Life is simple unless we find a way to make it complicated.
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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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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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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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Downtown Detroit has more vacant buildings over 10 storeys than any city in the world.
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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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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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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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Well, I sort of don't trust anybody who doesn't like Led Zeppelin.
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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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We learn to beat fear by doing.
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Selling is nothing more than asking questions and waiting for an answer.
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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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If you're doing something that people want, they'll find you.
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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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Mastery is the rudder, Mystery is the sail and Magic the wind to move you in your chosen direction.
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When I say nothing, I say everything.
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Maybe I'm a little more confident than I used to be, but not much.
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Technique plays a part - you have to know how to play.
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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.