The Guardian: What life lessons did you take from working in the upholstery business?
Jack White: Well,
from Brian's shop it was perfectionism to the hilt – to the last nail
and the last tack. He's got it down to the last wrinkle. And I just
recently rebuilt my shop in Nashville, so I've got it back going again.
But I learned to take a step back from perfectionism: that there's
beauty in not achieving it. The pursuit of it is interesting, but the
actual achieving of it can be a disaster at times – especially with
technology, and the sounds that come from trying to achieve perfect
recording. There's a balance going on there. I'm glad I had
perfectionism in the mix, because I think a lot of artists don't get
that in the mix. Like, if you come up through punk you think: "Well, I
can just do anything – and it's punk!" But if you have a mix of that
with the perfectionist side, then something interesting can happen.
Read the full interview at The Guardian.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
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