"... I Sort of Had a Nervous Breakdown When I Was 19."

"When I was a teenager I would recognise characteristics in people like ego and temper and say, I'm not going to do that. And it got to the point where I became so self-conscious that I sort of had a nervous breakdown when I was 19. I couldn't handle it: I was becoming very paranoid and extremely anti-myself. I wouldn't let myself enjoy anything. And remnants of that are still there. I don't do drugs, I don't get drunk, I don't vote. Girls I don't do. With this whole band [the White Stripes], it's obvious how much we're forcing ourselves and limiting ourselves all the time.”

 - Jack White