In 2010, aside from that niche of music that I have no interest in - Black Eyed Peas territory, disposable pop stuff… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I think the thing I've always tried to do is - and I didn't plan it, it just started to come out… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
The music I always liked as a kid was stuff I could bum out to and realize, 'Hey, someone else feels that… — 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
I'm a lot less precious than I used to be about putting things out, for better or for worse. The result of… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
My music, I hope, takes 100% of your concentration. I know how to do that. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Being in a band with my wife, I'm very aware of the multitude of ways that can go wrong. We're best friends… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I think my music's more disturbing than Tupac's - or at least I thought some of the themes of 'The Downward Spiral'… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
It's easy to get lost in the shuffle, and just enticing people to hear the music for free doesn't mean that much… — 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
