Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When David Fincher called me up a few years ago and said, 'Hey, I'd like you to score this film 'The Social… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
As long as it feels valid to me and feels sincere, I'll do what I do under the moniker of Nine Inch… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When I was 25, people used to say to me that having kids would change you, and I'd roll my eyes. — 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
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
When fame presented itself to me, I was not at a point in my life where I was equipped to deal with… — 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
I need boundaries. In the modern studio there are a bunch of instruments around me, and I can simulate anything I can't… — 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 often find myself listening to a record because a lot of people or magazines have told me it's good and I'm… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When I first played 'Wolfenstein 3D,' it blew my mind. It had a big impact on me. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness.… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
The idea of politics is just so uninteresting to me - I've never paid much attention to it. I don't believe things… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
MTV can't do less for me, let's put it that way. I'm fine without them. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
'Downward Spiral' felt like I had an unending bottomless pit of rage and self-loathing inside me and I had to somehow challenge… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it. — 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 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 on autopilot.… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival. — 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 vogue in… — 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
Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
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 Image
