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We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.


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JACK WHITE I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Ro...
JACK WHITE There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I&...
JACK WHITE I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to real...
JACK WHITE One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when yo...
JACK WELCH Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thous...
JACK WELCH Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today'...
JACK WELCH Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
JACK WELCH Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five yea...
JACK WELCH I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
JACK WELCH There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and ...
JACK WELCH You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while y...
JACK WELCH The team with the best players wins.
JACK WELCH Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confus...
JACK WELCH A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around ...
JACK WELCH Change before you have to.
JACK WELCH Be candid with everyone.
JACK WELCH If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.
JACK WARNER I don't want it good. I want it Tuesday.
JACK WARNER 'General Hospital' was so massive in the 80s and that's when people my age or even young...
JACK WAGNER I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the &...
JACK WAGNER I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theate...
JACK WAGNER By patting somebody on the back, a boy or a girl, a professional dancer, male, female, it really mak...
JACK WAGNER Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. On...
JACK WAGNER I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in la...
JACK WAGNER We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those ...
JACK WAGNER My all-time low is 62 at Bel-Air, but it was in match play, and I had two putts given to me from fou...
JACK WAGNER My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mothe...
JACK WAGNER My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me co...
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