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Jack White misses having a regular 9 to 5 job.
The 'Lazeretto' singer, who worked in an upholstery shop before finding fame with the White Stripes, claims he misses the anticipation of being at work and wanting to rush home to write music now songwriting is his career.
Jack - who was once part of a two-piece band called The Upholsters - explained: "When I worked in an upholstery shop I couldn't wait to get home and record the idea that had been brewing all day. Now I do all these other things and they're all creative, so I've had to learn, over the years, to find new ways of writing songs."
The 38-year-old rock star also revealed he can no longer go to gigs because he gets recognised and approached by fans who all want photographs of him, meaning he can't enjoy the live music.
He told MOJO magazine: "People won't leave me alone. I can't listen to one song without people taking a photo or something, and it's a shame because most of my inspiration came from that."

Austin Mahone was given a wedding ring from a fan.
The 'What About Love' singer admits he's had some strange and extravagant gifts from girls since he became famous, including a wedding ring which belonged to a fan's father and was sent to him in the post.
Speaking from Miami, he told BANG Showbiz: "I recall a girl sending me her dad's wedding ring, she said she took it and said, 'Please will you marry me?' and sent it to me, it was quite weird."
The 18-year-old star doesn't complain about the attention and claims it's every teenager's dream to be "chased by a million screaming girls" but he admits it can get a bit crazy at gigs.
He explained: "Recently, I was performing in Chicago and a fan jumped on stage and ran to me and mass security had to tackle her. You do worry about fans getting hurt sometimes - it was insane."
Meanwhile, Austin has released his debut album 'The Secret', which features fan favourite 'Mmm Yeah' featuring Pitbull and the singer hopes to continue performing and recording for years to come.
He said: "In five years time I see myself selling out arenas, hopefully, having at least a couple of Grammys by then and a lot more albums.
"I just want to do what I'm doing now but on a bigger scale."

Coldplay showered their fans in star shaped confetti as they performed the first of their "last shows for a while" at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Tuesday night (01.07.14).
The four-piece band played a mesmerising set in the centre of the iconic venue and during second to last track 'Sky Full of Stars' singer Chris Martin urged fans to "loosen up" and jump up and down as the white confetti was fired from cannons around the room.
As the band stepped out on stage at the venue - which was adorned with several light-filled trees and silver and blue stars hanging from the ceiling - they received a rapturous reception before launching into 'Always In My Head' from their new album 'Ghost Stories'.
Their set was littered with tracks from 'Ghost Stories' - which seems to catalogue Chris' separation from wife Gwyneth Paltrow - with highlights being 'Magic', 'Ink' and 'True Love'.
The band also played many of their greatest hits, including 'Charlie Brown', 'Paradise', 'Clocks', 'The Scientist' - which prompted a mass sing-along and on which Chris added a line from Adele's 'Someone Like You' - and 'When I Ruled The World'.
Chris' dad Anthony Martin was in the audience for the concert and the musician paid tribute to his father and dedicated ''Til Kingdom Come' to him.
For their encore Coldplay - also comprised of guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion -played 'Oceans' as well as 'Sky Full of Stars' and closed with fan-favourite 'Fix You' which prompted their fans to join in before the foursome took a bow and waved goodbye.

Coldplay setlist:

'Always In My Head'
'Charlie Brown'
'Paradise'
'Magic'
'Clocks'
'The Scientist'
'God Put A Smile Upon My Face'
'Til Kingdom Come'
'Everything's Not Lost'
'Ink'
'True Love'
'When I Ruled The World'
'Midnight'
'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall'
'Oceans'
'Sky Full Of Stars'
'Fix You'

Oasis are re-releasing their second album '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' complete with previously unheard demo tracks and live songs. The band - who split in August 2009 after brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher had a huge backstage bust-up - are re...

Dolly Parton wants to start her own festival.
The 'Jolene' singer enjoyed her first experience at Glastonbury at the weekend and thinks there was a lot she could learn from it in order to stage her own music event at her Dollywood Theme Park in Tennessee.
She said: "I have a lotta land up near east Tennessee, and we do a lot of festivals through my Dollywood company. I've often thought I might start my own festival in Tennessee, or maybe I'll get some good pointers from this one."
And the 68-year-old star planned to ask Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis for some advice on setting up a musical extravaganza.
Speaking during a press conference at Worthy Farm, she said: "I think I'm going to do that - Michael can give me some tips. Why wouldn't I want something like this?"
Dolly was delighted to be asked to perform at the festival and said it made her feel like a rock star.
She said: "I'm so excited to be part of this whole thing. I'm just a country girl, and now I feel like a rock star."
And the '9 to 5' hitmaker deliberately chose her all-white outfit so she would complement the muddy conditions.
She explained before her performance: "I'm going to wear white on stage, because I figured from all the way out there I want to be seen, and I think it goes well with mud. But I will be wearing my stage shoes - you know I have to shine, mud or no mud."

5 Seconds of Summer want to outlast The Rolling Stones and The Who.
The Australian pop punk band - whose self-titled debut album is set to hit the top spot this week and is already number one on iTunes in 69 countries - plan to keep performing live for years to come.
Drummer Ashton Irwin, 20, told the Daily Star newspaper: "We'd love to be here for another 50 years.
"For me as a fan, one of the coolest things is growing up with bands and seeing them evolve.
"I started listening to Green Day when I was 11, and I still listen to them now. They deliver the sound-track to your lives."
The band, known as 5SOS, drew huge crowds in Milan this week and their new record includes songs such as 'Kiss Me Kiss Me' and 'End Up Here'.
Talking about their loyal fans, bassist Callum Hood, 18, said: "It's the best feeling being able to give them our music. We've been writing our album for two years and from day one the fans have been begging us to hear it."
Ashton admits people thought their album would be "watered down" because they'd signed to Capitol Records.
He said: "But we found a really supportive group of people and put out an album that we're really proud of."
The group - also made up of singer Luke Hennings and guitarist Michael Clifford - are based in the UK at the moment but haven't forgotten their friends Down Under.
Ashton added: "We feel like we're representing out country because Australia hasn't had anything big for a while."

Union J are scared of Ella Henderson's new "sexy" image.
The four-piece boyband - who made it to the live finals of 'The X Factor' along with Ella in 2012 - were taken aback to see their "little sister" acting provocatively in her music video for her number one single 'Ghost'.
Jaymi, 24, told Digital Spy: "It does scare me. We remember Ella being 16 and our little sister, and she's in the music video looking sexy.
"I was like, 'Get it off, now! Put some clothes on!'"
Although the boyband - made up of Jaymi, Josh Cuthbert, JJ Hamblett and George Shelley - find Ella's seductive new look hard to accept they admitted they are thrilled for the 18-year-old after her debut track shot to the top of the charts.
Jaymi explained: "For someone who came sixth on The X Factor to be one of this year's biggest-selling artists is incredible. She's amazing. We're so proud.
"People always put two fingers up to X Factor and say it's s**t, but you can't argue with One Direction, Ella and people like that."
Jaymi also revealed he's asked Ella to perform at his upcoming wedding to his fiance Olly Marmon - although following on from the success of 'Ghost' he isn't sure she will have the time.
He said: "I did ask her. She was, but now she's going to be a global superstar I'm not sure if she'll fit it in. That would be a dream."

Cher is struggling to say goodbye to performing live as she starts to wrap up her last ever tour.
The 68-year-old pop star is currently performing her 'Dressed To Kill' farewell gigs across the globe and admits the idea of giving up performing is difficult to deal with after so many years.
She took to Twitter last night (01.07.14) to write: "Had great fun tonite! (sic)", after performing in San Jose, California.
She added: "Great audience... Its hard to Say goodbye 4 Ever? (sic)"
The Dressed To Kill tour is the first time Cher has been on the road in nearly a decade, after her 'Living Proof: The Farewell Tour', which ran from 2002 to 2005.
She then took up a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, performing from 2008 to 2011.
Cher previously insisted she's still got what it takes to put on an incredible live show, and she can even still squeeze into her fishnet bodystocking.
She said: "A friend said to me that a woman is sexy while she can still put on her stockings, I thought, 'I can do better than that, I can still put on my body stocking'. They'll probably even dress me in it when I'm dead."
The 'If I Could Turn Back Time' hitmaker is promoting her latest album 'Closer to the Truth' and is scheduled to play shows across the US and Canada, wrapping up the concert series in Wichita, Kansas in November.

Nick Grimshaw and Alexa Chung recreated Dolly Parton's Glastonbury set backstage at the festival.
The Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ and model friend were partying in the Beats by Dre VIP area at the event at Worthy Farm in South East England at the weekend.
The pair acted out Dolly's gig for singer Sam Smith who missed it because he was performing at the same time on The Other Stage on Sunday (29.06.14) and also joined Disclosure in the evening for a rendition of their track 'Latch'.
A source told BANG Showbiz: "Nick and Alexa were having a great time backstage and performed Dolly's hits '9 to 5' and 'Jolene', along with an accompanied dance routine for Sam, who was disappointed he'd missed Dolly perform."
The celebrity friends played the songs on Beats Pill XL speakers and the likes of Eliza Doolittle, Laura Whitmore and Foxes were also spotted backstage.
Sam said: "It's been absolutely amazing but I've not seen that many people play, I was performing while Dolly was playing. It would have been great to go and watch her sing."
Nick, who got a private jet to the site in Pilton, also held an impromtu party in the VIP tent when the rain started to pour on Saturday (28.06.14) and friend Rita Ora almost missed her helicopter out of the festival.