My music, I hope, takes 100% of your concentration. I know how to do that. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. — 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
I was never a Lime Wire guy because it's too much hassle to find the song. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I miss how a record label can help spread the word that you have something out. — 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
The first set of lyrics for the first songs I ever wrote, which are the ones on 'Pretty Hate Machine,' came from… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I think the reason I was 23 before I ever wrote a song was that I was afraid of testing myself. What… — 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
The band Grizzly Bear, I think they're excellent. There's a beauty and a musicality there that I wish would have been in… — 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 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
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 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
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 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
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
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
I spent a long time experimenting, saying, 'Here's a record that's free, or $5 if you want a nice version or $250… — 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
It's kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I'd much rather be worrying about playing that note in tune, and picking out the best way to arrange the song, rather… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
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… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
You can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it… — 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
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
My dad and I are best friends. He's pretty much responsible for the way I turned out. He would provide a little… — 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 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
I'll name check Radiohead on this--they've done a pretty suave marketing plan on this new record. I think generally it's been a… — 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
One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell… — 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
