309 Quotes by Jack White

This is a fact. If you don't make art people like, you will never earn a living as an artist.

We learn to beat fear by doing.

For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with murder. A lot of them are hobbyists who rip-off young bands, taking advantage of people who would never get signed to a major.

If what you are doing is working, DON'T change just to be different. Just get better.

I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat.

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.'

The Bottom Line: If people don't LOVE our work, we will not be able to sell what we make.

I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to really make it a challenge. I don't know how to create by taking the easy routes. I've tried, you know, I've tried to let myself, but I always struggle to compensate.

Promotion and perception are synonymous twins of art marketing.