When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, the people who liked the Beatles, I didn't like, so I didn't pay attention to them. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I did not grow up in a cosmopolitan environment. I grew up in a little town in the middle of nowhere, pre-Internet,… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I was excited by the process of Pandora, which I still think is a decent product. Not as great in actuality as… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I don't even know why I'm saying this in an interview situation, but I always feel like I'm not good enough for… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When I sit down to make a set list I usually think, 'We'll build it up here, take it down here, go… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
The 'Downward Spiral' album was a record all about beating everybody up - and then 'Hurt' was like a coda saying maybe… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
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… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When David Fincher called me up a few years ago and said, 'Hey, I'd like you to score this film 'The Social… — 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
