About Quotes by Trent Reznor

I'm not Prince or Rivers Cuomo, who brags about having hundreds of great songs.

— Trent Reznor

Fear has governed my life, if I think about it.

— Trent Reznor

I think there's something strangely musical about noise.

— Trent Reznor

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

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

My advice today, to established acts and new-coming acts, is the same advice I'd give to myself: pause for a minute, and…

— Trent Reznor

Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I…

— Trent Reznor

I have been wildly enthused about gaming since I was younger, and a career path I chose not to go down but…

— Trent Reznor

What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing…

— Trent Reznor

Spotify - I met those guys before they launched in America and was wildly excited about the idea. 'Wow, this is all…

— Trent Reznor

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

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

What I have appreciated about the 'Call of Duty' games is the scale of production. It's not an indie game. It's not…

— Trent Reznor

There's always been an element of 'right time, right place' to Nine Inch Nails. When we stepped onstage at Woodstock '94, I…

— Trent Reznor

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

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

I've attended many concerts where I felt let down and I was wishing it would be something else. Not that it's their…

— Trent Reznor

The 'Downward Spiral' album was a record all about beating everybody up - and then 'Hurt' was like a coda saying maybe…

— Trent Reznor

I had to come to terms about becoming an addict, which, for a long time, I lied to myself about the status…

— Trent Reznor

A lot of what I've done as Nine Inch Nails has been governed by fear. I was trying to keep the songs…

— Trent Reznor

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