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Meg White is an American retired musician who was the drummer and occasional singer of the rock duo the White Stripes. She is known for her ‘primal’ drumming style and elusive media image. Despite her shy and reclusive nature, Meg has received critical acclaim and numerous awards for her musical contributions.
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Megan Martha Whiteis an American retired musician who served as the drummer and occasional singer of the rock duo the White Stripes. A key artist of the 2000s garage rock revival, White is noted for her “primal” style of playing and elusive media image. Though she typically performed backing vocals for the band, she occasionally sang lead for one song on each album, including “In the Cold, Cold Night” and “Passive Manipulation”.
White began playing the drums on Bastille Day in 1997, and she formed the White Stripes with then-husband Jack White that same year. Their 2001 breakthrough album, White Blood Cells, brought them international fame. In addition to music, she has acted in the film Coffee and Cigarettes and an episode of The Simpsons. While on tour in support of their 2007 album, Icky Thump, she suffered a bout of acute anxiety, and the remaining dates of the tour were canceled. The group disbanded in 2011 following a lengthy hiatus and White retired. She keeps a low public profile, calling herself “very shy” and reclusive.
White’s style of drumming has been called “minimalistic” and “simplistic” by critics. While reviews were initially ambivalent, her playing has been acclaimed and continues to be discussed. Her accolades include one Brit Award from six nominations and six Grammy Awards from eleven nominations. In 2015, Rolling Stone included her on their “100 Greatest Drummers of All Time” list. She and Jack were nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, but were not inducted.
Meg White was born on December 10, 1974.
Meg White began playing the drums on Bastille Day in 1997 and formed the White Stripes with her then-husband Jack White that same year.
Meg White served as the drummer and occasional singer for the White Stripes, though she typically performed backing vocals and occasionally sang lead on one song per album.
Meg White’s drumming style has been described as ,minimalistic, and ,simplistic, by critics, though her playing has been widely acclaimed and continues to be discussed.
Meg White has won one Brit Award from six nominations and six Grammy Awards from eleven nominations. In 2015, Rolling Stone included her on their ,100 Greatest Drummers of All Time, list.
While on tour in support of their 2007 album, Icky Thump, Meg White suffered a bout of acute anxiety, and the remaining dates of the tour were canceled. The group disbanded in 2011 following a lengthy hiatus.
Meg White and Jack White were nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, but they were not inducted.
Maybe I’m a little more confident than I used to be, but not much.
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We’ll probably be working on another album in the next few months here.
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I’ve never been much into picking things apart.
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I remember rehearsing it, and it was the one that we were really excited about and thought would sound the best, and once it was down on tape, it was like, This doesn’t actually sound that good.
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I think there’s a lot of problems with being a two-party system.
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Then we’re going to take a lot of time off because in the last three years we’ve been touring continuously.
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I got more used to my own voice, but still it’s hard for me to listen to my own voice, or hear the recordings.
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It’s hard to get that real good feeling about festivals sometimes.
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Like, people recognizing me on the street never interested me.
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Because you can be lazy if you don’t know the truth.
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Downtown Detroit has more vacant buildings over 10 storeys than any city in the world.
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That’s what my Dad always told me, on the ballot, they should always have a third choice, like none of the above, then if enough people picked that, they’d have to get new candidates.
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Even at the last minute we were still debating what was gonna be released as the first single.
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It’s cool to meet your idols. It’s a good opportunity to travel. Those kinds of things are good.
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I’ve always kind of lived in my own world.
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It’s the emotion of it that hits me, more than anything technical.
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It’s pretty sad when you have to choose between the lesser of two evils.
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Jack the only trick I ever played on you was never tricking you at all.
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Everything else outside me seems far, far away.
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I met Drew Barrymore in New York and she said she liked the band. That was really cool. I grew up on her.
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There’s nothing I’m doing these days that I ever thought I was gonna do.
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I wouldn’t want to be in a Lisa episode. They’re kind of boring. Maybe a Homer one would be better.
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The cover of Mojo, that was good for us.
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I have to have the cotton candy shipped in.
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It’s hard listening to myself.
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Apparently, there’s a little red demon dwarf that haunts the city, and before every major bad thing that’s happened, it’s appeared to somebody. Last time, he appeared in a Cadillac.
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You know, when I hear music, I just hear the whole thing.
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