Jack White Explains Why 'The White Stripes' Split

Jack White has spoken out about the reasons for The White Stripes splitting.  

In an interview with the New York Times, White said "People say, "Why didn't you do this? Why didn't you do that?" Or, "Don't you owe something to somebody, or to yourselves?" All those questions. That line was the idea of explaining to them that at a certain point as an artist, you paint your painting, you do your sculpture or your music, and you release it into the world. You don't own it anymore. You have no control over it. You put it out there to share with other people. You can only hope for the best."

White also admitted to being dissatisfied with todays music scene.  He explained "When do people start saying that, in general, the sound of music started to degrade? It was the 1980s. That was the advent of digital technology in recording studios: gated reverb, really plastic-sounding stuff. And then you have these bursts of reality, like roots music in country, or punk rock will come back every 10 years, or garage rock. And people say, "Oh yeah, that's right, that's how things really sound." And then we sort of forget about it, and then 10 years later it comes back again."

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