--- title: "22 Me Quotes By Trent Reznor" description: "22 Me quotes by Trent Reznor. Plus more from Trent Reznor and more Me sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/trent-reznor-1853_big_when-i-first-played-wolfenstein-3d-it-bl_1701255.jpg" --- > [When I first played 'Wolfenstein 3D,' it blew my mind. It had a big impact on me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/when-i-first-played-wolfenstein-3d-it-blew-my-mind-it-had-a-big/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/trent-reznor-1853_big_when-i-first-played-wolfenstein-3d-it-bl_1701255.jpg) > [MTV can't do less for me, let's put it that way. I'm fine without them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/mtv-can-t-do-less-for-me-let-s-put-it-that-way-i-m-fine-without-them/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/trent-reznor-1853_fine_mtv-can-t-do-less-for-me-let-s-put-it-th_2128390.jpg) > [In my nothing, you were everything, to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/in-my-nothing-you-were-everything-to-me/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/trent-reznor-1853_everything_in-my-nothing-you-were-everything-to-me_610113.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/trent-reznor-1853_came_schoolwork-came-easy-to-me-i-learned-to_156305.jpg) > [Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/apparently-the-image-of-our-president-is-as-offensive-to-mtv-as-it-is/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/trent-reznor-1853_apparently_apparently-the-image-of-our-president-is_1819672.jpg) > [When fame presented itself to me, I was not at a point in my life where I was equipped to deal with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/when-fame-presented-itself-to-me-i-was-not-at-a-point-in-my-life/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/trent-reznor-1853_deal_when-fame-presented-itself-to-me-i-was-n_763140.jpg) > [I need boundaries. In the modern studio there are a bunch of instruments around me, and I can simulate anything I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-need-boundaries-in-the-modern-studio-there-are-a-bunch-of/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/trent-reznor-1853_anything_i-need-boundaries-in-the-modern-studio-t_989469.jpg) > [To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/to-me-rock-music-was-never-meant-to-be-safe-i-think-there-needs-to-be/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/trent-reznor-1853_element_to-me-rock-music-was-never-meant-to-be-s_1840505.jpg) > [When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/when-i-was-growing-up-rock-roll-helped-give-me-my-sense-of-identity/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/trent-reznor-1853_give_when-i-was-growing-up-rock-roll-helped-g_3069446.jpg) > [When I was 25, people used to say to me that having kids would change you, and I'd roll my eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/when-i-was-25-people-used-to-say-to-me-that-having-kids-would-change/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/trent-reznor-1853_change_when-i-was-25-people-used-to-say-to-me-t_414324.jpg) > [iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/itunes-kind-of-feels-like-sam-goody-to-me-i-don-t-feel-cool-when-i-go/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/trent-reznor-1853_cool_itunes-kind-of-feels-like-sam-goody-to-m_423081.jpg) > [The idea of politics is just so uninteresting to me - I've never paid much attention to it. I don't believe things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/the-idea-of-politics-is-just-so-uninteresting-to-me-i-ve-never-paid/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/trent-reznor-1853_attention_the-idea-of-politics-is-just-so-unintere_1843397.jpg) > [As long as it feels valid to me and feels sincere, I'll do what I do under the moniker of Nine Inch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/as-long-as-it-feels-valid-to-me-and-feels-sincere-i-ll-do-what-i-do/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/trent-reznor-1853_appropriate_as-long-as-it-feels-valid-to-me-and-feel_315427.jpg) > [When I'm on stage, the songs that we've chosen to play from the back catalog are things that still resonate with me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/when-i-m-on-stage-the-songs-that-we-ve-chosen-to-play-from-the-back/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/trent-reznor-1853_anymore_when-i-m-on-stage-the-songs-that-we-ve-c_1465008.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) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/for-me-the-social-network-isn-t-about-facebook-it-certainly-isn-t/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50c/trent-reznor-1853_about_for-me-the-social-network-isn-t-about-fa_2835127.jpg) > [When David Fincher called me up a few years ago and said, 'Hey, I'd like you to score this film 'The Social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/when-david-fincher-called-me-up-a-few-years-ago-and-said-hey-i-d-like/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/trent-reznor-1853_any_when-david-fincher-called-me-up-a-few-ye_289527.jpg) > [One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/one-of-the-biggest-wake-up-calls-of-my-career-was-when-i-saw-a-record/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/trent-reznor-1853_back_one-of-the-biggest-wake-up-calls-of-my-c_555127.jpg) > [Nine Inch Nails was born out of Cleveland, Ohio, with me and a friend in a studio working on demos at night.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/nine-inch-nails-was-born-out-of-cleveland-ohio-with-me-and-a-friend/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/trent-reznor-1853_born_nine-inch-nails-was-born-out-of-clevelan_904729.jpg) > [My life has been many examples of shortsighted goals that I thought would fix things. You know, if there's something broken inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/my-life-has-been-many-examples-of-shortsighted-goals-that-i-thought/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/trent-reznor-1853_been_my-life-has-been-many-examples-of-shorts_2484390.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) > ['Downward Spiral' felt like I had an unending bottomless pit of rage and self-loathing inside me and I had to somehow challenge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/downward-spiral-felt-like-i-had-an-unending-bottomless-pit-of-rage/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/trent-reznor-1853_audience_downward-spiral-felt-like-i-had-an-unend_2226631.jpg) ## Other authors on Me ## 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/me/trent-reznor/#itemlist", "name": "22 Me Quotes By Trent Reznor", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I first played 'Wolfenstein 3D,' it blew my mind. 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