White Stripes’ Jack White ... Almost a Priest.

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White Stripes’ Jack White ... Almost a Priest.
Jack White performing at the San Diego Street Scene festival in 2005. [Image: Will Fresch]

On a CBS special interview about the Jack White/Loretta Lynn connection, White explained that he almost became a priest.

What stopped him? “I had just gotten a new amplifier in my bedroom, and I didn’t think I was allowed to take it with me.”

Read “Choosing Music Over Religion.”

I guess that Roman collar was ... the hardest button to button.