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title: "5 Listen Quotes By Trent Reznor"
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> [People want to listen to a lot of music and do whatever they want with it. They don't want DRM, they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/people-want-to-listen-to-a-lot-of-music-and-do-whatever-they-want/)

[Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/trent-reznor-1853_copy_people-want-to-listen-to-a-lot-of-music_260734.jpg)

> [Now that I have a thousand albums in my car all the time, I listen to more music. I was too lazy;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/now-that-i-have-a-thousand-albums-in-my-car-all-the-time-i-listen-to/)

[Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/trent-reznor-1853_albums_now-that-i-have-a-thousand-albums-in-my_1020696.jpg)

> [I can still make a living with touring. And maybe you buy a t-shirt. And I would rather 10 million people get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-can-still-make-a-living-with-touring-and-maybe-you-buy-a-t-shirt/)

[Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/trent-reznor-1853_buy_i-can-still-make-a-living-with-touring-a_1825682.jpg)

> [I tend to not listen to my own music when I'm not working on it. No real reason other than it's nice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-tend-to-not-listen-to-my-own-music-when-i-m-not-working-on-it-no/)

[Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/trent-reznor-1853_away_i-tend-to-not-listen-to-my-own-music-whe_1959119.jpg)

> [I'm a lot less precious than I used to be about putting things out, for better or for worse. The result of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-m-a-lot-less-precious-than-i-used-to-be-about-putting-things-out/)

[Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/trent-reznor-1853_about_i-m-a-lot-less-precious-than-i-used-to-b_2655836.jpg)

## Other authors on Listen

## 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/)

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