I know I’ll never meet this man and I know my story would probably fall on deaf ears but I’d like to tell him he made me want to follow music. I was 13 when I saw the Blackpool lights video for Death Letter Blues and it actually changed my life not even being dramatic. I played call of duty all day and barely had any need for music. After that video I brought my old guitar out of my closet and finally gave it some love, bought cassette decks, 8 track players, a record player, guitar pedals all in an attempt to be like Jack. Now I’m turning 20 next year and I have his Airline guitar tattooed on my left arm and play guitar every single day. Thank you Jack, seriously.
My story reads differently but he has does the same thing for me.. I now attempt to play bass and acoustic 6 string. Eventually to an electric. He keeps me needing to go on and learn more, be better.. find myself, my inner musician... Wanted to my whole life but life happened. I learned of him in my 40 the year and covid shutting the world down.. I finally had a chance, time to really commit. How I missed him prior to 2020. I do not know but I'll never forget him. He's my spirit musician.. lol. Musical guardian angel. I learn from him constantly. So grateful.
As a musician that is one of the best things ive heard! That is a great performance and that's truly the power of music (especially blues! ) it moves people and inspires people. You made my day!
For reals, he seems to be in a better place than I’ve ever seen him in. It could be that historically he’s just been putting on a cool, hard facade but he seems much less guarded and more genuinely present in the conversation. Notability, it feels like a conversation more than an interview. I like that that.
Maybe being a newlywed has a bit to do with it ? I've seen many 'interviews' of Jack's that are more like conversations, Conan O'Brien comes to mind but there's more ✌️ Edit: He's taking care of his health also, prolly spiritual as well as physical. He mentioned fasting, walking in woods etc. An old appearance with Stephen Colbert is pretty fun. Both raised Catholic they had a "Catholic Throwdown" to see who remembered more, lol
When I am hearing Jack talk about Third Man and describe the brand and how you can have a tactile experience and that you can collaborate with… All I hear in my head is, “Come with me, and you’ll be, in a world of pure imagination…” I love this!
If I remember correctly, somebody has called him the "Willy Wonka of music production", or something similar. I can't remember where I heard it though.
Jack White is, unsurprisingly, fantastic, but this interviewer is a revelation. He knows a lot and talks/asks questions in the correct proportion. In other words he does not talk to much even though he obviously know a lot. Great job!
@@worldismyashtray I agree! I’ve watched countless Jack interviews and I’ve never seen someone challenge (in a positive way) Jack’s statements like this.
Always loved Jack’s music, but never really heard him in an interview. The man is somehow even better than the music. Much love Jack, keep up the awesome work!!! We need more people like you.
HE IS dead on with the reverence for art. We have lost that. It has GOT to be preserved. Theater, Film, and audio are all valid art forms, and deserve the respect to the artist. Vinyl definitely helps to do that.
Jack White is so interested, curious, intelligent, creative when speaking, so nice to watch. Could hear him talk about music and creativity for ages. Heck I want to hang out with him at a bar and start a business! lol Oh, and great interview, it's an art to let the dialogue develop this way.
"What's the lesson here about what people actually want?" Jack: " I don't think anybody knows what they want." Man, so true and articulate; we don't know what we want, that's why we need visionaries to show us the way. Hats off to you Jack. Amazing interview!
I know what I want and I know what I wish and that is for Jack White to be my friend and for me to be his friend as well. Congratulations on your new marriage Jack and Olivia❤
I love listening to interviews with Jack! He’s so easy to listen to no matter what the subject matter. (And I absolutely Love what he’s doing with the pressing plant!)
I went to his show in GR in April and what he says about talking to people between the first band and his band was exactly what happened. We started chatting with the strangers next to us about the show, the bands etc and he is so right that we would otherwise be on our phones likely and not engaging. Awesome show by the way.
I learned of jack white watching the movie he did with page and edge and he was a breath of fresh air. Just does things his own way and that's great . What would happen if every one just said " I'll do it my way and I don't care ". Most people wouldn't do that. Individualism is gone. Stick you're face in you're phone and stop being part of something we all should be
That was the first I had heard of Jack White, “It Might Get Loud”He brought me around to opening my mind into a new world of belief that I can still have a truly good feeling about music,that makes ME feel good. I’m 61 years of age, felt stuck in a rut with music, until I discovered him. A true eye opener, Now I listen to all kinds of new music…however he is one of my all time favorites, since that DVD was released I have seen him 6 times. So thankful for him, what he has done for the music industry, and my life.
99% of guitar players learn smoke on the water as their first guitar riff, me myself I went with seven nation army, i learned freedom at 21, high step baller. I learned cant hear you, 60 ft. tall. Cant play a damn one of his solos, I swear This guy right here is not in love with the music you want to listen to, he's in love with the instruments and the sounds they can make and he knows how to make some sick riffs. So inspiring to every song I learn, literally defined the way I play the guitar.
I mean, we all love Jack, and we all know he's really busy. But I wish I could just check in with him once a week. Just to see what's on his mind, or what he's up to. More please Jack.
7:30. There is hope. My band played a show at a big skate park called Kona last Saturday night and it was packed with kids who were there to have a good time. They were moshing and dancing and having fun. I saw narry a phone! They were all too busy going nuts. And all three bands had that experience that night. It was pretty cool.
I was soooo bummed to learn that Kona skatepark is in Florida. I didn't bother to look this up until I was in Kona, Hawaii, anxious to finally see the classic park.
His concert in Tulsa last month was phenomenal! He puts on a high energy performance. His guitar playing was magical. I might add his drummer is sooooo good. Reminds me of Bonham. Jack gave his fans everything and then some.
What a great interview. The interviewer, the interviewee, the depth given to each element. I've been a fan of Jack White for well along time. But this got under his skin and brought us the man inside really well. Brilliant.
oh the hundreds of hours ive spent since childhood watching jack white interviews, i cant think of a better, more insightful one than this-- what an absolute joy!
So important to rock and roll. I really appreciate all he's doing for new bands and old. We need more Jacks. But having one will do. I would never have thought I could play guitar until I heard the white stripes first album. I have currently 6 fuzz pedals.
Jack White is a beautiful man and I will always adore you and I have respect for you and respect for your career I will always support all your work love your Sunshine 🔆
Sound quality on vinyl is always more pristine and detailed than any other medium. People have lost and are now regaining the appreciation for how much more authentic and detailed the sound is.
I was just at Third Man Records yesterday in Nashville. Great experience being there, really wish JW would've shown up. I really hope he knows how "all-around" inspiring he is.
Jack White is an incredible man with some extremely interesting things to say and this interview was able to ask the right questions and leave all these interesting things to come to the surface. Thanks for that!
This guy is a hero for music. Have loved to follow his career. As a vinyl lover, musician, and music lover, it just makes perfect sense that someone can support so many people, and make so much positivity in the world. Thanks, Jack.
Live in the moment instead of trying to record the moment and losing the experience my first experience with music was the pleasure of placing a album on the turntable and enjoying the the album cover and the art that was evolved and reading the lyrics and all the artists that was evolved in the making of the album
His magazine is called Maggot brain? Love you jack white, you always give it up to the ones who came before you. That's respect and understanding of how much this all means to a lot of us. Look up maggot brain - funkadelic on here. One of the most amazing guitar recordings ever
I love that I had to lock up my phone at Jack's show back in April! I ended up talking with some of the people in my area on the floor (someone may or may not have been passing a joint lol) but I had great conversations about music. As an antisocial person being stuck in a room with people equally passionate about one thing, music, helped open me up at that show. One guy recommended I check out Son House which I never did before but the next day I listened to his stuff and loved it!
He’s right about the tactile sensation of owning a an LP, Cassette or CD 💿physically. I always preferred having a hard copy of the music I buy. I will never give up my CDs and DVDS. I still buy them today. The current generation doesn’t understand the need for holding an item in your hands and reading liner notes. This makes listening to music better! I used to look at my LPs and read the information on them and look at the pictures while I was listening to music. This was better than listening blindly. I agree with Jacks philosophy but that’s because I’m older and come from the previous generation. Jack is brilliant and he keeps doing great things because he doesn’t rest on his laurels. Thanks Jack!
My first time seeing this interviewer and I'd just like to comment that this guy's really good! Relaxed, engaged, careful, and highly perceptive. He got a great interview outta Jack!!
It’s interesting how he sees the vinyl industry as his (and a few others) responsibility. Not a money making venture. Talk about bearing your cross. Now I’m looking inward to see what my “vinyl industry” is. Cool perspective.
Before vinyl, we had sheet music. And for the songs that weren’t written down, they were passed generationally, like a telephone game. Vinyl is such a tactile listening experience. You have to be intentional in choosing which record to listen to. When flipping through music on spotify, you might just give it 3 seconds and flip to the next song. I think vinyl makes you be more intentional with your music, and treat it with more respect. Music is something to be actively listened to and appreciated, contemplated on, etc.
What Jack is explaining in 28:20 is something, I think, all artists struggle with. Sometimes your art and intent behind it holds so much weight that it becomes something of a separate self. That it is not up for misunderstanding because it deserves to be seen in whole, which is hard to convey. John Frusciante, as a guitarist, struggled with how the identity and soul of his music was being received because it just held so much of it’s own soul and it deserved to be understood and seen fully- even if it was just him understanding and seeing in full for a while I feel this way about my art from time to time too. Sometimes half the battle is in the making of the art and the other is deciding the right time to share so the soul is better conveyed
Growing up in the 70's, and music as my lifeline, there was nothing like removing the the wrapping off an album cover, removing fresh vinyl, and gazing at the cover art as the music played. So meaningful that Jack is here..much more than a multi-talented singer/songwriter. Any genre he can't sing or instrument he can't play?
I got to see him live last night at Starlight theater in kcmo. The phone free experience was incredible, it’s nothing I’ve ever experienced before in my 27 years of living. The whole vibe was incredible. People were connecting to the music deeper than I’ve ever seen in my life, no distractions, and I’m so thankful he made that rule. I wish more artists would do this. Thank you Jack White!!! I’ve been a fan since I was 13, and he and his band did not disappoint!!!
He did joke about scented music, which is humorous, but actually there is an aroma associated with vinyl the opening of the fresh record sleeve the first time, that first deep whiff of the vinyl, the ink, it evokes something that helps create that reverence of music and art he spoke of; even an older vinyl album can have an oddly likeable musty cardboard aroma.
I actually love this word that he uses... and I've never used it before. "Reverence". There's something to be said of having reverence for a number of things...even technology and information.
I love how Tom manages to get everyone he speaks with right out of their shell, and makes them feel so comfortable and heard! You get some proper insteresting insight into the minds of thee individuals!
"It's about reverence." Perfectly said and that resonates. Thanks for a truly excellent interview full of very well thought out questions with actual depth to them. Great conversation. Thank you and thanks Jack! We're gonna make a special trip from NW Illinois (Obscurity itself) down to Nashville and finally visit Third Man. Been wanting to since it opened.
"This horse will do whatever you let him do".....love that thought!! I've always found Jack White endlessly fascinating and love all his musical projects; Jack is the present & future of rock n' roll. I'm hoping and praying that some day soon that we see a Third Man Rock n' Roll Travelling Show - Jack touring with all his musical projects in one show; his solo work, The Dead Weather (where he plays drums), The Raconteurs, and maybe a little bit of White Strips as well!!
I'll be in Detroit area this summer, very much look forward to visiting 3rd Man. Last time I was on Cass Corridor was 1984 and it was a wild night to say the least. Love Jack White's creations.
The first time I heard of Jack White was hearing him sing Hotel Yorba. So I went to Karma and ordered a White Stripes CD and it turned out not to be the one Hotel Yorba was on but it was cool I liked all those songs too. But what really drew me in was the imagery of Man and Woman in the songs and the artwork. Jack and Meg, Tarzan and Jane, primal and raw, high energy soul music. Guitar and the drum and that voice, Jack White has an incredible voice add to that the connection between him and Meg. I was hooked. Jack is one cool cat, a true artist, one of a kind, math, music and God in an ascending order. Where do your songs come from? Well you know I'm just so superior, truthfully I'm probably just a conduit and my radio is tuned to this frequency where it flows through me. Bob Dylan knows he just doesn't come right out and say it. You know that line Dylan sang, I reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it, in a Hard Rains Gonna Fall? That's what Moses did. Bob Zimmerman wasn't the poet Bob Dylan was. Jack used to sing and play with his hair hiding his face his songs were coming from the man you can't see. I'm probably just making all that crap up, soy bomb, are you savvy?
Wow! Great conversation. Thank you so much! I've been lucky enough to be an audience on one of his shows around 2014-15 and I don't remember if I even checked my phone once...and that was way before he started out with that 'demand'... His show and REM's are still the best concerts of my life 'till then. Just don't miss a chance to listen him live.
That was fun to watch and listen to. Great questions from an obvious music lover and Jack White, who I could listen to for hours, even when only talking. Thanks! And someone tell Jack, that Baseball isn´t olympic :)
I wish that movie theaters would use these pouches. I honestly think people would love the idea of knowing that they do because that's one thing that honestly keeps me away from going to the theaters these days. Disrespectful people (sadly usually younger people) you can't stay off your phone during the movie.
The “Quill” ?!! Who is this dude??? Man, Jack White is bringing true sonic analog culture. Not some sterile computer shit. Yet, he may use some digital tech. He knows the true sound of music, film, etc. is through real tangible-analog technology.
