309 Quotes by Jack White

No. I know that's blasphemous when you are from Detroit.

Saying you love something out loud with the wrong intonation in your face can damn you and destroy what you're working on.

From now on take time to be amazing, tell those who matter, I LOVE YOU.

I have very little interest in the bottom line or signing artists to help make the label profit. That's a lucky, unique position to be in, but it all comes out in the wash.

There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so when nice things happen to you, you're not really allowed to enjoy them.

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.

The secret of a successful art career is to make more art that folks think they need than pieces they just want. When a piece of art emotionally connects with a person the work becomes a need. You are then on your way to becoming successful.

People have sort of a problem trying to see an end to a situation as being positive or romantic.

It's harder to put yourself in a place where you could easily be seen as a fake. But that's more interesting to me.