With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. We did not want to come off like white kids trying to play black music from 100 years ago so a great way to distract them was by dressing in red, white and black. Jack White agoblackblue share on social
We were like a white family from the 1920s or something. My parents had this bizarre, different way of looking at things from the people that surrounded us. I went to an all-Mexican grade school and an all-black high school, and not many people in those places liked the same stuff as me. Jack White 1920sbizarreblack share on social
The Guinness book is a very elitist organization. There's nothing scientific about what they do. They just have an office full of people who decide what is a record and what isn't. Jack White bookdecideelitist Change image and share on social
My mother was 45 when she had me, so when I was in high school my parents were the same age as my friends' grandparents. Jack White agefriendgrandparent Change image and share on social
I grew up in the 90s in the time of grunge when if you didn't go on stage in jeans and a T shirt you weren't 'real.' That seemed ridiculous to me. Jack White 90sgrowgrunge Change image and share on social
I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But for someone I don't like... I would definitely do that. Jack White embarrasslovepurposely Change image and share on social
I didn't really even think of recording under my own name for a long time. I thought, 'I've got the rest of my life to do that.' Jack White havelifelong Change image and share on social
I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do. Jack White afloatbandgod share on social
I was in a Montessori school. There was a drum circle with all the kids passing around a little bongo drum. I was the last person in the circle, and when it got to me I played 'Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits' - in front of all the parents. Blew the crowd away at five years old. Jack White bitblowbongo share on social
