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I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to happen to me. I wish it was still here. It's something I really, really miss. ↗

— Jack White

#challenging #ever #fulfilling #happen #here

Downtown Detroit has more vacant buildings over 10 storeys than any city in the world. ↗

— Meg White

#buildings #city #detroit #downtown #more

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application. ↗

— Jack White

#coming #coming home #drummer #drums #during

Because you can be lazy if you don't know the truth. ↗

— Meg White

#know #lazy #truth #you

I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I want to work and battle it and conquer it and make it express whatever attitude I have at that moment. I want it to be a struggle. ↗

— Jack White

#battle #bent #bit #conquer #express

I wanted to be able to talk with people who have trade jobs and make records with them. I want to do more records with carpenters, electricians, people who specialize in even more bizarre trades that are off the beaten path. ↗

— Jack White

#beaten #beaten path #bizarre #even #i

I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles. ↗

— Jack White

#age #beautiful #digital #give #i

It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer. ↗

— Jack White

#art #builds #buyer #fill #grocery

When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating. ↗

— Jack White

#anything #copying #hate #hear #hope

I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm. ↗

— Jack White

#consider #down #hip-hop #i #instruments