Creativity Quote by Meg White

The line lands like a shrug that’s secretly a scream: not outrage at evil, but exhaustion with the menu. Coming from Meg White, it reads less like punditry and more like the kind of plainspoken wisdom that shows up in rock lyrics and backstage conversations, where moral choices aren’t theoretical, they’re lived. The power is in the unadorned phrasing - “pretty sad” softens the entry, then tightens into an accusation aimed at the situation itself. No villain monologue, no grand ideology. Just disappointment that the world keeps demanding compromised consent.

“Lesser of two evils” is a familiar civic phrase, usually invoked to justify voting, alliances, or survival choices. White’s twist is to spotlight the emotional cost of that rationalization. The subtext isn’t indecision; it’s grief at a system that frames adulthood as damage control. You can almost hear the mistrust: if these are the options, who curated them, and why are we pretending the frame is neutral?

As a musician associated with stripped-down, back-to-basics rock, White’s voice also implies something aesthetic: the refusal of over-explanation. It’s a sentiment that fits an era of culture where institutions - political parties, labels, media, even relationships - often feel like forced binaries. The intent is not to offer a solution but to validate the sting of being cornered, reminding you that “choosing” can still be a kind of loss.