Jack White has been very visible since the White Stripes broke up in 2011 (though they had basically been kaput since a cancelled tour in 2007, save for an appearance on Conan O'Brien's last "Late Night" episode in 2009).
But the same couldn't be said for drummer Meg White. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Jack talked about his relationship with Meg and why she hasn't been as active. "I don't think anyone talks to Meg. She's always been a hermit," he said. "When we lived in Detroit, I'd have to drive over to her house if I wanted to talk to her, so now it's almost never."
He also spoke about how that solitary nature made their creative partnership a struggle at times. "She's one of those people who won't high-five me when I get the touchdown," he said. "She viewed me that way of 'Oh, big deal, you did it, so what?' Almost every single moment of the White Stripes was like that. We'd be working in the studio and something amazing would happen: I'm like, 'Damn, we just broke into a new world right there!' And Meg's sitting in silence."
Still, her contributions to the band were vital. "I would often look at her onstage and say, 'I can't believe she's up here.' I don't think she understood how important she was to the band, and to me and to music," he said. "She was the antithesis of a modern drummer. So childlike and incredible and inspiring. All the not-talking didn't matter, because onstage? Nothing I do will top that."
He added, "I remember hearing Ringo Starr say, 'I always felt sorry for Elvis, because in the Beatles we had each other to talk about what it felt like. Elvis was by himself.' I was like, 'Shit, try being in a two-piece where the other person doesn't talk!'"
Rolling Stone also reports that Meg's 2009 marriage to Jackson Smith, son of Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith, ended in divorce in July 2013.
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