words from jack white

Don’t know if anybody else read the interview on pitchfork with jack white. But its well worthy of a skim through at the least. Jack white is one of the few musicians who really has his shit together, and his morals on music are perfecto. Musicians read up, you’ll learn some stuff…

“Pitchfork: Do you think that bands who take months and months– or years and years in the case of Axl Rose– have just lost the plot?

White: I think there’s too much opportunity. In general, opportunity tends to kill creativity. I think people don’t realize that. A painter goes into an art supplies store and sees all these different colours and supplies and thinks, “Oh, goody! This is going to make me a better painter.” Of course it’s not. It’s just going to make it harder to decide what not to use and what not to do. That’s what happens with a group of 20-year-old kids who walk into a studio with ProTools and a computer and they can record 400 tracks if they want to. Maybe now with the state of the music industry they’ll start spending less on albums and people will go back to reality. They should put up a plaque in every studio that says, “The Beatles recorded Revolver and Sgt. Pepper on four tracks.” That’ll clear everyone’s head.  “

Pitchfork: Finally, what’s this about you playing Elvis in a film?

White: Well, John C. Reilly called me up and asked if I would do it. They were filming in a couple of days. I said, “Okay, but what year is it supposed to be?” He said 1957, so that was okay. I thought it was just going to be for cable or something, but he said, “Oh no, this is one of the biggest films this company is going to put out this year.” He sent the script over and it was really funny. It was from the guys who did the The 40 Year Old Virgin and Anchorman. It’s a parody of musical biopics and John C. Reilly plays this made-up character who goes through these different periods and at one point he plays on a bill with Elvis Presley. And that’s me.

If theres two things i enjoy, Elvis and jack white, why not put them together?

my appetite for blogging this week has been a little suppresse, and i appologize, i’ll be  hungry again soon!

xo