309 Quotes by Jack White

When I say nothing, I say everything.

I’ve always felt it’s ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You’re my friend, you’re my wife, you’re my girlfriend, you’re my co-worker. ‘This is your box, and you’re not allowed to stray outside of it.’

Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It’s inescapable.

Like it or not, people tend to buy paintings to match their drapes, couch or carpet. I know you want them to be so overwhelmed with your skills they can’t resist hauling your art home. These three factors are what dictate most art sales.

I always stayed away from the studio environment as much as possible. But I just wanted to see if I could work in one. It’s not easy. Just having an engineer’s assistant around is enough for me to be uncomfortable. With more than one person there in the room, it feels strange.

The secret is planning your work and working your plan. If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you arrive? You can’t stumble upon your destination.

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.

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

I probably could have a hip-hop-style entourage of 40 people coming with me to the club or whatever, and I don’t do that. And I think sometimes maybe I should. It just makes things easier – if you don’t like being by yourself, maybe just don’t do it ever.