I dabbled in things like Howlin Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something Id been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues. – Jack White
Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: Ill do this for now, but Im really a drummer. Thats what Ill put on my passport application. – Jack White
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
I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, its just too bright. Dont know why, its not warm. – Jack White
Im a big collector of vinyl – I have a record room in my house – and Ive always had a huge soundtrack album collection. So what I do, as Im writing a movie, is go through all those songs, trying to find good songs for fights, or good pieces of music to layer into the film. – Quentin Tarantino