Meg White did not attend The White Stripes’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Jack White read a letter he recently wrote to Meg White to close the band’s induction speech.
“One time, a girl climbed a tree, and in that tree was a boy, her brother, she thought. The tree looked so glorious and beautiful, but it was just an oak tree.
These two so loved the world that they brought forth a parade float, one they built in their garage behind the oak tree with their own bare hands. The boy looked at this giant peppermint on wheels and felt pride — pride that it was produced in the Motor City, just like in the big factories, even though it was just their garage. He looked at the girl, his sister, he thought, and, like the Little Rascals, they said, Let’s put on a show.
They paraded this float through the Cass Corridor, standing atop the peppermint pulled by white horses, or maybe it was a red Econoline van. Many of the blocks they traveled were empty, but some had people. Some of those people cheered, some laughed, and some even threw stones. With their bare hands, the two started to clap and sing and make up songs.
Some people kept watching and swaying and moving. Then one person even smiled. The boy and the girl looked at each other, and they also smiled. They both felt the sin of pride, but they kept on smiling — smiling from a new freedom, knowing that they had shared and made another person feel something.
They thought the person smiling at them was a stranger, someone they didn’t even know. But it wasn’t just a stranger. It was God.”
the cheering in the room omg meg white is so loved…….. childhood hero #rockhall25 pic.twitter.com/dYPW3xQJsD
— luz (@vnbvrnt) November 9, 2025
