--- title: "14 Want Quotes By Trent Reznor" description: "14 Want quotes by Trent Reznor. Plus more from Trent Reznor and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/trent-reznor-1853_matter_i-want-to-do-something-that-matters-9054_905415.jpg" --- > [I want to do something that matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-want-to-do-something-that-matters/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/trent-reznor-1853_matter_i-want-to-do-something-that-matters-9054_905415.jpg) > [Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/books-are-better-than-movies-because-you-design-the-set-the-way-you/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/trent-reznor-1853_book_books-are-better-than-movies-because-you_2094340.jpg) > [I didn't want to be in a Pepsi commercial with R2-D2 sitting on my shoulder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-didn-t-want-to-be-in-a-pepsi-commercial-with-r2-d2-sitting-on-my/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/trent-reznor-1853_pepsi_i-didn-t-want-to-be-in-a-pepsi-commercia_2303722.jpg) > [What is exciting is taking back the excitement of being able to debut something to an audience in exactly the way you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/what-is-exciting-is-taking-back-the-excitement-of-being-able-to-debut/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/trent-reznor-1853_able_what-is-exciting-is-taking-back-the-exci_430661.jpg) > [I'd never want to be Gene Simmons, an old man who puts on makeup to entertain kids, like a clown going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-d-never-want-to-be-gene-simmons-an-old-man-who-puts-on-makeup-to/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/trent-reznor-1853_clown_i-d-never-want-to-be-gene-simmons-an-old_1260859.jpg) > [If I go onstage, I want to give people everything they want and more. I'll wash their car for them on their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/if-i-go-onstage-i-want-to-give-people-everything-they-want-and-more-i/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/trent-reznor-1853_car_if-i-go-onstage-i-want-to-give-people-ev_1916922.jpg) > [People are always saying, 'You're really nice, I thought you were going to be a complete asshole.' I'm getting pretty fed up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/people-are-always-saying-you-re-really-nice-i-thought-you-were-going/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/trent-reznor-1853_asshole_people-are-always-saying-you-re-really-n_642685.jpg) > [I think if there was an ISP tax of some sort, we can say to the consumer, 'All music is now available…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-think-if-there-was-an-isp-tax-of-some-sort-we-can-say-to-the/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e02/trent-reznor-1853_able_i-think-if-there-was-an-isp-tax-of-some_439975.jpg) > [I'll name check Radiohead on this--they've done a pretty suave marketing plan on this new record. I think generally it's been a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-ll-name-check-radiohead-on-this-they-ve-done-a-pretty-suave/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/trent-reznor-1853_causes_i-ll-name-check-radiohead-on-this-they-v_1887309.jpg) > [I hated school . . . I freaking hated it. The fact is that it revolved around something you didn't have access…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-hated-school-i-freaking-hated-it-the-fact-is-that-it-revolved/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b11/trent-reznor-1853_access_i-hated-school-i-freaking-hated-it-the-f_2014331.jpg) > [People want to listen to a lot of music and do whatever they want with it. They don't want DRM, they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/people-want-to-listen-to-a-lot-of-music-and-do-whatever-they-want/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/trent-reznor-1853_copy_people-want-to-listen-to-a-lot-of-music_260734.jpg) > [I spent a long time experimenting, saying, 'Here's a record that's free, or $5 if you want a nice version or $250…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-spent-a-long-time-experimenting-saying-here-s-a-record-that-s-free/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11e/trent-reznor-1853_everything_i-spent-a-long-time-experimenting-saying_1391830.jpg) > [When David Fincher called me up a few years ago and said, 'Hey, I'd like you to score this film 'The Social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/when-david-fincher-called-me-up-a-few-years-ago-and-said-hey-i-d-like/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/trent-reznor-1853_any_when-david-fincher-called-me-up-a-few-ye_289527.jpg) > [I've attended many concerts where I felt let down and I was wishing it would be something else. Not that it's their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-ve-attended-many-concerts-where-i-felt-let-down-and-i-was-wishing/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/trent-reznor-1853_about_i-ve-attended-many-concerts-where-i-felt_2618706.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Trent Reznor > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/what-i-was-concerned-about-when-i-wrote-the-downward-spiral-record/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [Perfect little dream, The kind that hurts the most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/perfect-little-dream-the-kind-that-hurts-the-most/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/sometimes-the-worst-thing-that-can-happen-is-oh-i-m-on-stage-playing/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/to-switch-right-into-creativity-usually-takes-a-bit-of-time-and-this/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 to figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/after-coming-from-a-major-label-i-realized-the-entire-business-has/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [I had to come to terms about becoming an addict, which, for a long time, I lied to myself about the status of until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-had-to-come-to-terms-about-becoming-an-addict-which-for-a-long-time/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/left-to-my-own-devices-in-the-face-of-the-climate-change-deniers-the/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/it-probably-wasn-t-until-nine-inch-nails-played-the-first/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/the-band-grizzly-bear-i-think-they-re-excellent-there-s-a-beauty-and/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/i-ll-be-honest-watching-the-music-industry-collapse-has-been/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/schoolwork-came-easy-to-me-i-learned-to-play-piano-effortlessly-i-was/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/lots-of-people-can-have-girlfriends-but-i-can-throw-around-guitars/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/my-experience-with-record-labels-throughout-my-career-has-generally/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/if-you-have-something-to-say-then-say-it-express-yourself-and-break/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) > [The first set of lyrics for the first songs I ever wrote, which are the ones on 'Pretty Hate Machine,' came from private journal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-reznor/the-first-set-of-lyrics-for-the-first-songs-i-ever-wrote-which-are/) [Trent Reznor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-reznor/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/trent-reznor/#itemlist", "name": "14 Want Quotes By Trent Reznor", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to do something that matters.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Trent Reznor" }, "url": 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