I aspire to make a record that sounds better 10 listens in than it does after two, and still, at 50 listens,… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
My life has been many examples of shortsighted goals that I thought would fix things. You know, if there's something broken inside… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve. — 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
You can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I used to buy vinyl. Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are going to… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I've always been into computers. When I was getting out of high school and forming my identity musically, all of it was… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I miss how a record label can help spread the word that you have something out. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I like the idea of subversively communicating with people... so that you make people see things in different ways. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
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 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
