--- title: "9 Lot Quotes By Trent Reznor" description: "9 Lot quotes by Trent Reznor. Plus more from Trent Reznor and more Lot sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/trent-reznor-1853_about_i-m-a-lot-less-precious-than-i-used-to-b_2655836.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) > [I've learned to recognize, a lot of it forced through the process of recovery, that I'm wired wrong in certain ways; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-ve-learned-to-recognize-a-lot-of-it-forced-through-the-process-of/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/trent-reznor-1853_balance_i-ve-learned-to-recognize-a-lot-of-it-fo_1997159.jpg) > [I've watched with a kind of wary eye how gaming has progressed. I was there at the beginning with Pong in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-ve-watched-with-a-kind-of-wary-eye-how-gaming-has-progressed-i-was/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/trent-reznor-1853_arcade_i-ve-watched-with-a-kind-of-wary-eye-how_1046722.jpg) > [Frankly, I have always dreaded writing - there always seemed to be pain involved, unpleasant self-examination and a lot of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/frankly-i-have-always-dreaded-writing-there-always-seemed-to-be-pain/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/trent-reznor-1853_always_frankly-i-have-always-dreaded-writing-th_428754.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) > [I think the whole aspect of social networking is vulgar and repulsive in a lot of ways. But I also see why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-think-the-whole-aspect-of-social-networking-is-vulgar-and-repulsive/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/trent-reznor-1853_also_i-think-the-whole-aspect-of-social-netwo_770939.jpg) > [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) > [I often find myself listening to a record because a lot of people or magazines have told me it's good and I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-often-find-myself-listening-to-a-record-because-a-lot-of-people-or/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/trent-reznor-1853_also_i-often-find-myself-listening-to-a-recor_1652251.jpg) > [A lot of what I've done as Nine Inch Nails has been governed by fear. I was trying to keep the songs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/a-lot-of-what-i-ve-done-as-nine-inch-nails-has-been-governed-by-fear/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/trent-reznor-1853_about_a-lot-of-what-i-ve-done-as-nine-inch-nai_527365.jpg) ## Other authors on Lot ## 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/lot/trent-reznor/#itemlist", "name": "9 Lot Quotes By Trent Reznor", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a lot less precious than I used to be about putting things out, for better or for worse. 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