The most exciting rock 'n' roll band of the last 50 years who are still on the road today

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.

Any man with a microphone can tell you what he loves the most.

There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.

It's harder to put yourself in a place where you could easily be seen as a fake. But that's more interesting to me.

Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It's inescapable.

The secret of a successful art career is to make more art that folks think they need than pieces they just want. When a piece of art emotionally connects with a person the work becomes a need. You are then on your way to becoming successful.