I like the idea of subversively communicating with people... so that you make people see things in different ways. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When I was 25, people used to say to me that having kids would change you, and I'd roll my eyes. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, the people who liked the Beatles, I didn't like, so I didn't pay attention to them. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I can still make a living with touring. And maybe you buy a t-shirt. And I would rather 10 million people get… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are going to hear it via a leak… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Lots of people can have girlfriends. But I can throw around guitars onstage! That'll be my epitaph: 'He never had a girlfriend,… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I used to buy vinyl. Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are going to… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
People are always saying, 'You're really nice, I thought you were going to be a complete asshole.' I'm getting pretty fed up… — 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
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
If there used to be 100 people at a major working on a record, now there are 18, but they're the good… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
My experience with being on a record label over the years has been when both of your agendas are in sync, and… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
My life has been many examples of shortsighted goals that I thought would fix things. You know, if there's something broken inside… — 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
When your culture comes from watching TV every day, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting,… — 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
I hated school . . . I freaking hated it. The fact is that it revolved around something you didn't have access… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
For me, 'The Social Network' isn't about Facebook. It certainly isn't about how people use it. It's about a flawed character and… — 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
I watch people, friends of mine, and see how they portray themselves online and I find interesting that it's kind of a… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
If I go onstage, I want to give people everything they want and more. I'll wash their car for them on their… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
There's something exciting and incredibly liberating for an artist to finish something Friday night and the world hears it Friday night instead… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Anyone who's an executive at a record label does not understand what the Internet is, how it works, how people use it,… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I'm sure there is a group of people that assume Nine Inch Nails is just noise and chaos - or whatever it… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of… — 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
Nine Inch Nails was born out of Cleveland, Ohio, with me and a friend in a studio working on demos at night.… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
My experience with record labels throughout my career has generally fallen into wishing I could do things that they're not built to… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and… — 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
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
One of my biggest heroes and people I was fortunate enough to be around is David Bowie. I look at his career,… — 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 would love to be looked at some day - and I'm not ever saying I'm at this level - but I'd… — 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
