I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something I'd been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues.

In 2001 the band released White Blood Cells. The slogan of his business was "Your Furniture's Not Dead" and the color scheme was yellow and black—including a yellow van a yellow-and-black uniform and a yellow clipboard.

He was best known as the vocalist guitarist and pianist of The White Stripes until they split in February 2011 as well as a vocalist and guitarist for The Raconteurs and the drummer of The Dead Weather. He is ranked No. White released his debut solo album Blunderbuss on April 24 2012.