Jack White + Alicia Keys = Bond Theme

After a couple of years of wanting to collaborate with Alicia Keys, it took James Bond himself to finally make it happen. Alicia put some electric energy into her breath that cemented itself into the magnetic tape. Very inspiring to watch. It gave me a new voice, and I wasn't myself anymore. I drummed for her voice and she mimicked the guitar tones, then we joined our voices and screamed and moaned about these characters in the film and their isolation, having no one to trust, not even themselves. Maybe we became them for a few minutes. The Memphis Horns were there to help us out, along with some of Nashville's finest. Might be the first analog Bond theme in twenty years, I don't know. We wanted to push soul into those tapes, and join the family of Barry, Bassey, Connery, and Craig.

That's Jack White describing -- in his own inimitable way -- the experience of recording the theme song, "Another Way to Die," for the new James Bond flick, "Quantum of Solace." The film will hit theaters in November. White kicks off a North American tour with the Raconteurs Sept. 16.