You know, if nobody knows who you are, nobody's going to buy your record. — 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
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 subversively communicating with people... so that you make people see things in different ways. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
What is exciting is taking back the excitement of being able to debut something to an audience in exactly the way you… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I believe sometimes you have a choice in what inspiration you choose to follow and other times you really don't. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I think it's easy to make impenetrable music that nobody can get, and you can hide behind that sometimes. — 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
When I was 25, people used to say to me that having kids would change you, and I'd roll my eyes. — 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
In 2010, aside from that niche of music that I have no interest in - Black Eyed Peas territory, disposable pop stuff… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
It's one thing to sit back and say, 'Hey let's play a club, that will be great,' but then you get there… — 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
Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are going to hear it via a leak… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I can still make a living with touring. And maybe you buy a t-shirt. And I would rather 10 million people get… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
People want to listen to a lot of music and do whatever they want with it. They don't want DRM, they don't… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
In my life, I was always floating around the edge of the dark side and saying what if take it a little… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I spent a long time experimenting, saying, 'Here's a record that's free, or $5 if you want a nice version or $250… — 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
I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When your culture comes from watching TV every day, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting,… — 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… — 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
My advice today, to established acts and new-coming acts, is the same advice I'd give to myself: pause for a minute, and… — 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… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
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
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
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're standing onstage in a sold-out arena with people singing your music, and you feel like the loneliest person in the world.… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I watch people, friends of mine, and see how they portray themselves online and I find interesting that it's kind of a… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I think the whole aspect of social networking is vulgar and repulsive in a lot of ways. But I also see why… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
If you can use a search engine, you can find any piece of music that's been recorded for free. I'm not saying… — 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
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
