Jack White quotes - page 5

It was really hard to find people to come over and play guitar and sing and write songs together. So that turned me into a songwriter that way, just so I could be able to play with other people. (Jack White)

It is not the style but the quality and emotional impact of work that makes it marketable. Unless we make art that connects with people, we won't sell much, no matter what the style or subject.

Jack White

Like the eagle, we (artists) must be able to see clearly.

Jack White

Passion, for me, is like a shark - it never stops moving.

Jack White

I am a commercial artist because I paint to earn a living. We who earn money from what we produce are all commercial artists.

Jack White

All of us need to self-promote. We cannot sit back and wait for our gallery or rep to do it all.

Jack White

Collectors are paying for our education by purchasing our art.

Jack White

You will face boredom and frustration your entire career as artists. You will be very frustrated seeking a voice/style that collectors can connect with. Once you accomplish that voice/style people are clamoring for, you will become bored doing it.

Jack White

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

I don't think there is room for 'artistic temperament.' Professional artists understand art is a business. If businesses ran their companies like many artists do their careers, they would not stay open a year.

Jack White

Selling is nothing more than asking questions and waiting for an answer. (Jack White)

The price we sell things for is not important. What is important is we sell art that has to be replaced. You become good in art by doing art. The more you sell, the more you must produce.

Jack White

Technology is a big destroyer of emotion and truth. Auto-tuning doesn't do anything for creativity. Yeah, it makes it easier and you can get home sooner; but it doesn't make you a more creative person. That's the disease we have to fight in any creative field: ease of use.

Jack White

Art doesn't sell itself, it has to be sold.

Jack White

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.

Jack White

I think it takes a lot of trickery to keep up with the media and its perception of you. I don't know if I have it in me most of the time to care. The music is made first, and the interviews or photos to keep it alive come later as a necessary evil, I suppose.

Jack White

You need a little resistance-something to fight against.

Jack White

It's funny because when you do become successful, you're forced to look backwards and try to crawl back into the womb where you first started to create.

Jack White

People have sort of a problem trying to see an end to a situation as being positive or romantic.

Jack White

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.

Jack White

You can't be an actor in a small town-you have to go to New York or L.A. (Jack White)

I have trouble listening to people tell me about their dreams.

Jack White

Previous
1
2
3
4
5 (Current)
Next

Jack White

Jack White - Image

Photo: Scott Penner from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0

Occupation: American Musician
Born: July 9, 1975
Quotes count: 122
Wikipedia: Jack White

Related authors

Meg White 35

American Musician

Karen Elson 2

English Model

Alison Mosshart 3

American Musician

Loretta Lynn 77

American Musician

Alicia Keys 112

American Musician

Dan Auerbach 25

American Musician

Jimmy Page 14

British Musician

The Edge 18

Welsh Musician

Ryan Adams 74

American Musician

Bob Dylan 614

American Musician