I would never be able to live in a huge city. I'd feel like one of 100,000 people doing the same thing.

The day that music is taken for free by the majority is the day that the phrase "sell out" doesn't exist any more.

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.'

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.

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

A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. They're in search of something worse than that. Money, yeah. I think the media's the kind of a thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.

Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled, 'Artistic Temperament'... rudeness, excuses, slovenliness, laziness, clutter, addictions, non-commercial attitudes, un-professionalism... and a good reason for failure.