Music Quotes by Trent Reznor

The reality is that people think it's okay to steal music.

— Trent Reznor

I think theres something strangely musical about noise.

— Trent Reznor

I think there's something strangely musical about noise.

— Trent Reznor

Musicians have always adopted Macs.

— Trent Reznor

I think it's just an awkward time right now to be a musician.

— Trent Reznor

I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.

— Trent Reznor

I tend to not listen to my own music when I'm not working on it. No real reason other than it's nice…

— Trent Reznor

I think it's easy to make impenetrable music that nobody can get, and you can hide behind that sometimes.

— Trent Reznor

My music, I hope, takes 100% of your concentration. I know how to do that.

— Trent Reznor

Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I…

— Trent Reznor

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

The Grammys make me hate music, and certainly everyone in the ass-licking music industry.

— Trent Reznor

I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times.

— Trent Reznor

It's a humbling thing, having kids. One of my sons came to rehearsals, and now he says Daddy's job is 'go play…

— Trent Reznor

People want to listen to a lot of music and do whatever they want with it. They don't want DRM, they don't…

— Trent Reznor

I think, fundamentally, music is something inherently people love and need and relate to, and a lot of what's out right now…

— Trent Reznor

Spotify - I met those guys before they launched in America and was wildly excited about the idea. 'Wow, this is all…

— 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…

— Trent Reznor

When I'm writing music, I'm not playing a character. I'm not Alice Cooper or Gene Simmons or someone like that, who has…

— Trent Reznor

In 2010, aside from that niche of music that I have no interest in - Black Eyed Peas territory, disposable pop stuff…

— Trent Reznor

The music I always liked as a kid was stuff I could bum out to and realize, 'Hey, someone else feels that…

— Trent Reznor

Now that I have a thousand albums in my car all the time, I listen to more music. I was too lazy;…

— Trent Reznor

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

'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

You're standing onstage in a sold-out arena with people singing your music, and you feel like the loneliest person in the world.…

— Trent Reznor

I'm not Prince or Rivers Cuomo, who brags about having hundreds of great songs.

— Trent Reznor

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think music should be free.

— Trent Reznor

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

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

I think if there was an ISP tax of some sort, we can say to the consumer, 'All music is now available…

— Trent Reznor

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

Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and 'clean' versions be made…

— Trent Reznor

My music has been a sort of personal therapy. It's got me out of tough times, it has been the friend that…

— Trent Reznor

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

The result of a public that has a very high consumption rate and turnover rate is people listen to more music but…

— Trent Reznor

I'd rather not get into what I'm talking about lyrically. I think it's impossible not to demystify a song when saying what…

— Trent Reznor

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

To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness.…

— Trent Reznor

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

If you can use a search engine, you can find any piece of music that's been recorded for free. I'm not saying…

— Trent Reznor