When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating.

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.