Best Trent Reznor Sayings
- Fear has governed my life, if I think about it. Fear
- Frankly, I have always dreaded writing - there always seemed to be pain involved, unpleasant self-examination and a lot of fear. Always Dreaded
- Musicians have always adopted Macs. Adopted
- Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on. Antiseptic
- When fame presented itself to me, I was not at a point in my life where I was equipped to deal with it. Deal
- Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do. Easy
- The dynamic of a relationship changes when one person gets sober. Changes
- I miss how a record label can help spread the word that you have something out. Help
- What is exciting is taking back the excitement of being able to debut something to an audience in exactly the way you want to. Able
- My life has two modes. One is sitting around writing and contemplating or building things. The other is execution mode. It takes a while to… Around Writing
- My music, I hope, takes 100% of your concentration. I know how to do that. Concentration
- Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am. Any
- I like the idea of subversively communicating with people... so that you make people see things in different ways. Communicating
- To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should… Element
- When I return to the writing process after being away from it for a while, the first part of it always is being honest with… Bands
- I think early on in my career, I was heavily inspired by bands like Throbbing Gristle and Test Dept, and films of David Lynch, for… Bands
- Nine Inch Nails was born out of Cleveland, Ohio, with me and a friend in a studio working on demos at night. Got a record… Born
- I like the idea of working in an album-sized chunk, you know, and I never looked at Nine Inch Nails as a project that would… Album
- I can still make a living with touring. And maybe you buy a t-shirt. And I would rather 10 million people get my record and… Buy
- I was excited by the process of Pandora, which I still think is a decent product. Not as great in actuality as it sounds. After… Actuality
- Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. Apparently
- In my nothing, you were everything, to me. Me
- Sometimes we pee on each other before we go on stage. Each
- I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure. Afraid
- Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. Came