Comments on Jack White and TMZ to Rolling Stone magazine by The Black Keys Lyrics
Drummer Patrick Carney
"I actually feel embarassed for him. I don't hold grudges, man. I really don't. We've all said fucked-up shit in private, and divorce is hard.
"I really think personal things are personal things. Like, TMZ? Honestly, they should be fucking ashamed of themselves, that they make a living dragging poor souls that have nothing, that aren't famous, into this world. Everybody should be scrutinized? I don't believe that. I think that if you come off with a strong platform or moral agenda, then, yeah, maybe you should be scrutinized if there's a conflict there. Like, if you're a TV evangelist who's doing something awful.
"But you're a fucking rock musician, you're a fucking actor, you're a fucking model or whatever. It's your job, you know what I mean? No one's doing anything illegal, it's just that people are living lives that get complicated.
"Those e-mails that Jack White wrote that got leaked, as fucked up as that shit is, that was a private conversation, and it doesn't register to me. You know how horrifying it would be if all of our private shit was aired? And people go sniffing around looking for this shit. And ultimately it's no one's business."
Guitarist Dan Auerbach
"I don't know him, so it's extra-unexpected."
"I actually feel embarassed for him. I don't hold grudges, man. I really don't. We've all said fucked-up shit in private, and divorce is hard.
"I really think personal things are personal things. Like, TMZ? Honestly, they should be fucking ashamed of themselves, that they make a living dragging poor souls that have nothing, that aren't famous, into this world. Everybody should be scrutinized? I don't believe that. I think that if you come off with a strong platform or moral agenda, then, yeah, maybe you should be scrutinized if there's a conflict there. Like, if you're a TV evangelist who's doing something awful.
"But you're a fucking rock musician, you're a fucking actor, you're a fucking model or whatever. It's your job, you know what I mean? No one's doing anything illegal, it's just that people are living lives that get complicated.
"Those e-mails that Jack White wrote that got leaked, as fucked up as that shit is, that was a private conversation, and it doesn't register to me. You know how horrifying it would be if all of our private shit was aired? And people go sniffing around looking for this shit. And ultimately it's no one's business."
Guitarist Dan Auerbach
"I don't know him, so it's extra-unexpected."