“It seemed like there was no control over it. I think certain things just popped. God was blessing us in telling us that certain things were going the way they were supposed to go.”

—  Jack White

Perry, Andrew (2004). "The White Stripes uncut" http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1349947,00.html ObserverGuarduan.co.uk (accessed June 6, 2006)
On why 2004 was, up to that point, the best year of his life
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