--- title: "8 Down Quotes By Trent Reznor" description: "8 Down quotes by Trent Reznor. Plus more from Trent Reznor and more Down sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/trent-reznor-1853_about_what-i-was-concerned-about-when-i-wrote_3382.jpg" --- > [What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/what-i-was-concerned-about-when-i-wrote-the-downward-spiral-record/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/trent-reznor-1853_about_what-i-was-concerned-about-when-i-wrote_3382.jpg) > [It's not like I ride a broom into interviews. I don't hang upside down with a cape on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/it-s-not-like-i-ride-a-broom-into-interviews-i-don-t-hang-upside-down/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/trent-reznor-1853_broom_it-s-not-like-i-ride-a-broom-into-interv_919576.jpg) > [I have been wildly enthused about gaming since I was younger, and a career path I chose not to go down but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-have-been-wildly-enthused-about-gaming-since-i-was-younger-and-a/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/trent-reznor-1853_about_i-have-been-wildly-enthused-about-gaming_1123002.jpg) > [When I sit down to make a set list I usually think, 'We'll build it up here, take it down here, go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/when-i-sit-down-to-make-a-set-list-i-usually-think-we-ll-build-it-up/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/trent-reznor-1853_build_when-i-sit-down-to-make-a-set-list-i-usu_1925988.jpg) > [In my life, I was always floating around the edge of the dark side and saying what if take it a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/in-my-life-i-was-always-floating-around-the-edge-of-the-dark-side-and/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/trent-reznor-1853_after_in-my-life-i-was-always-floating-around_2111223.jpg) > [I've attended many concerts where I felt let down and I was wishing it would be something else. Not that it's their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-ve-attended-many-concerts-where-i-felt-let-down-and-i-was-wishing/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/trent-reznor-1853_about_i-ve-attended-many-concerts-where-i-felt_2618706.jpg) > [Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/bow-down-before-the-one-you-serve-you-re-going-to-get-what-you-deserve/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/trent-reznor-1853_before_bow-down-before-the-one-you-serve-you-re_2628996.jpg) > [Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/any-time-i-sit-down-and-write-music-the-first-part-of-that-is-always/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/trent-reznor-1853_about_any-time-i-sit-down-and-write-music-the_2779953.jpg) ## Other authors on Down ## More by 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 down everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/what-i-was-concerned-about-when-i-wrote-the-downward-spiral-record/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [Perfect little dream, The kind that hurts the most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/perfect-little-dream-the-kind-that-hurts-the-most/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 on autopilot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/sometimes-the-worst-thing-that-can-happen-is-oh-i-m-on-stage-playing/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/to-switch-right-into-creativity-usually-takes-a-bit-of-time-and-this/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/after-coming-from-a-major-label-i-realized-the-entire-business-has/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [I had to come to terms about becoming an addict, which, for a long time, I lied to myself about the status of until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-had-to-come-to-terms-about-becoming-an-addict-which-for-a-long-time/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/left-to-my-own-devices-in-the-face-of-the-climate-change-deniers-the/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/it-probably-wasn-t-until-nine-inch-nails-played-the-first/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/the-band-grizzly-bear-i-think-they-re-excellent-there-s-a-beauty-and/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-ll-be-honest-watching-the-music-industry-collapse-has-been/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/schoolwork-came-easy-to-me-i-learned-to-play-piano-effortlessly-i-was/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/lots-of-people-can-have-girlfriends-but-i-can-throw-around-guitars/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 do, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/my-experience-with-record-labels-throughout-my-career-has-generally/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/if-you-have-something-to-say-then-say-it-express-yourself-and-break/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [The first set of lyrics for the first songs I ever wrote, which are the ones on 'Pretty Hate Machine,' came from private journal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/the-first-set-of-lyrics-for-the-first-songs-i-ever-wrote-which-are/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/down/trent-reznor/#itemlist", "name": "8 Down Quotes By Trent Reznor", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. 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