Sometimes I think I spend my whole life trying to figure out where I fit in. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
For each film, you try to create a whole world sonically, having a sense of identity through instruments used, or recording techniques. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to figure out the right balance between making fans feel good and also maintaining some dignity for myself in… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Try to find the right balance of keeping things exciting and treating your audience with respect, and also treating yourself as an… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Grammy asshole weekend in LA. Yuck ... The Grammys = the old guard / old media propping up their puppets trying to… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
What I have appreciated about the 'Call of Duty' games is the scale of production. It's not an indie game. It's not… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
One of my biggest heroes and people I was fortunate enough to be around is David Bowie. I look at his career,… — 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
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 was an experiment with me in discipline. I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
My experience with record labels throughout my career has generally fallen into wishing I could do things that they're not built to… — 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
