Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on. — 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
In Nine Inch Nails, I've been the guy calling the shots since inception. I'd gotten used to that. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I'm sure there is a group of people that assume Nine Inch Nails is just noise and chaos - or whatever it… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I like the idea of working in an album-sized chunk, you know, and I never looked at Nine Inch Nails as a… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
With a Nine Inch Nails show, I'm building on a legacy that comes with a certain set of expectations. I have to… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I lived a fairly average, anonymous small-town life till I got the idea to do Nine Inch Nails. Then I locked myself… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Nine Inch Nails was an experiment with me in discipline. I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried… — 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
Though I still have no semblance of a life outside of Nine Inch Nails at the moment, I realize my goals have… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
A lot of what I've done as Nine Inch Nails has been governed by fear. I was trying to keep the songs… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Nine Inch Nails is like building an army to go conquer. We build it, then we play, and we have to play… — 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
There's always been an element of 'right time, right place' to Nine Inch Nails. When we stepped onstage at Woodstock '94, I… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival. — Trent Reznor Copy Share
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
I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times. — Trent Reznor Copy Share
Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. — Trent Reznor Copy Share
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
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… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules. — Trent Reznor Copy Share
The first set of lyrics for the first songs I ever wrote, which are the ones on 'Pretty Hate Machine,' came from private journal… — Trent Reznor Copy Share
