I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I tend to not listen to my own music when I'm not working on it. No real reason other than it's nice… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
My music, I hope, takes 100% of your concentration. I know how to do that. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I think it's easy to make impenetrable music that nobody can get, and you can hide behind that sometimes. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think music should be free. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
It's a humbling thing, having kids. One of my sons came to rehearsals, and now he says Daddy's job is 'go play… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I'm not Prince or Rivers Cuomo, who brags about having hundreds of great songs. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Now that I have a thousand albums in my car all the time, I listen to more music. I was too lazy;… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
It's easy to get lost in the shuffle, and just enticing people to hear the music for free doesn't mean that much… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
In 2010, aside from that niche of music that I have no interest in - Black Eyed Peas territory, disposable pop stuff… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When I'm writing music, I'm not playing a character. I'm not Alice Cooper or Gene Simmons or someone like that, who has… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
The music I always liked as a kid was stuff I could bum out to and realize, 'Hey, someone else feels that… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and 'clean' versions be made… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I think the thing I've always tried to do is - and I didn't plan it, it just started to come out… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When I'm on stage, the songs that we've chosen to play from the back catalog are things that still resonate with me,… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I often find myself listening to a record because a lot of people or magazines have told me it's good and I'm… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
You're standing onstage in a sold-out arena with people singing your music, and you feel like the loneliest person in the world.… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
'Downward Spiral' felt like I had an unending bottomless pit of rage and self-loathing inside me and I had to somehow challenge… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
The Grammys make me hate music, and certainly everyone in the ass-licking music industry. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I think if there was an ISP tax of some sort, we can say to the consumer, 'All music is now available… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Spotify - I met those guys before they launched in America and was wildly excited about the idea. 'Wow, this is all… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I think, fundamentally, music is something inherently people love and need and relate to, and a lot of what's out right now… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
People want to listen to a lot of music and do whatever they want with it. They don't want DRM, they don't… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
After coming from a major label, I realized the entire business has been decimated, and you can't look to labels to try… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I'm a lot less precious than I used to be about putting things out, for better or for worse. The result of… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Being in a band with my wife, I'm very aware of the multitude of ways that can go wrong. We're best friends… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness.… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
If you can use a search engine, you can find any piece of music that's been recorded for free. I'm not saying… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
My music has been a sort of personal therapy. It's got me out of tough times, it has been the friend that… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I think my music's more disturbing than Tupac's - or at least I thought some of the themes of 'The Downward Spiral'… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
The result of a public that has a very high consumption rate and turnover rate is people listen to more music but… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I'd rather not get into what I'm talking about lyrically. I think it's impossible not to demystify a song when saying what… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
Sometimes the worst thing that can happen is, 'Oh, I'm on stage playing a song,' because you're daydreaming about something else, you're on autopilot.… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
To switch right into creativity usually takes a bit of time, and this came up right at that juncture where I thought, okay, here's… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
After coming from a major label, I realized the entire business has been decimated, and you can't look to labels to try to figure… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
I had to come to terms about becoming an addict, which, for a long time, I lied to myself about the status of until… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
Left to my own devices, in the face of the climate change deniers, the madness and the greed-based decision-making, and propaganda that's been floating… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival. — Trent Reznor Copy Share
The band Grizzly Bear, I think they're excellent. There's a beauty and a musicality there that I wish would have been in vogue in… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times. — Trent Reznor Copy Share
Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. — Trent Reznor Copy Share
Lots of people can have girlfriends. But I can throw around guitars onstage! That'll be my epitaph: 'He never had a girlfriend, but you… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
My experience with record labels throughout my career has generally fallen into wishing I could do things that they're not built to do, whether… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules. — Trent Reznor Copy Share
The first set of lyrics for the first songs I ever wrote, which are the ones on 'Pretty Hate Machine,' came from private journal… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
