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Trent Reznor quotes: When I was 25, people used to say to me that having kids would change you, and I'd roll my eyes. When I was 25, people used to say to me that having kids would change you, and I'd roll my eyes.
Trent Reznor quotes: I was at my most miserable when I had everything I ever wanted. I was at my most miserable when I had everything I ever wanted.
Trent Reznor quotes: I'm just trying to figure out the right balance between making fans feel good and also maintaining some dignity for myself in the process. I'm just trying to figure out the right balance between making fans feel good and also maintaining some dignity for myself in the process.
Trent Reznor quotes: I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am. I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am.
Trent Reznor quotes: I doubt I'll ever pay someone to do a remix again, because there's some amazing stuff just coming out of bedrooms. I doubt I'll ever pay someone to do a remix again, because there's some amazing stuff just coming out of bedrooms.
Trent Reznor quotes: Being human is a lot more difficult than being on tour. Being human is a lot more difficult than being on tour.
Trent Reznor quotes: I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times. I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times.
Trent Reznor quotes: Jumping through any hoop or taking advantage of any desperate situation that comes up just to sell a product is harmful. It is. Jumping through any hoop or taking advantage of any desperate situation that comes up just to sell a product is harmful. It is.
Trent Reznor quotes: Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look. Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look.
Trent Reznor quotes: 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 time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.
Trent Reznor quotes: My music has been a sort of personal therapy. It's got me out of tough times, it has been the friend that I needed, when I didn't have a friend My music has been a sort of personal therapy. It's got me out of tough times, it has been the friend that I needed, when I didn't have a friend there.
Trent Reznor quotes: And when the day arrives I'll become the sky and I'll become the sea and the sea will come to kiss me for I am going home. Nothing can stop And when the day arrives I'll become the sky and I'll become the sea and the sea will come to kiss me for I am going home. Nothing can stop me now.
Trent Reznor quotes: When an instrument fails on stage it mocks you and must be destroyed! When an instrument fails on stage it mocks you and must be destroyed!
Trent Reznor quotes: I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure. I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.
Trent Reznor quotes: Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and 'clean' versions be made for them to carry. Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and 'clean' versions be made for them to carry.
Trent Reznor quotes: The Grammys make me hate music, and certainly everyone in the ass-licking music industry. The Grammys make me hate music, and certainly everyone in the ass-licking music industry.
Trent Reznor quotes: 'Yeezus,' I really love it. I think the sound of it is cool. 'Yeezus,' I really love it. I think the sound of it is cool.
Trent Reznor quotes: Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me. Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.
Trent Reznor quotes: Sometimes I think I spend my whole life trying to figure out where I fit in. Sometimes I think I spend my whole life trying to figure out where I fit in.
Trent Reznor quotes: If there used to be 100 people at a major working on a record, now there are 18, but they're the good ones. There's a lean, mean hunger. If there used to be 100 people at a major working on a record, now there are 18, but they're the good ones. There's a lean, mean hunger.
Trent Reznor quotes: It's kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world has ever created. It's kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world has ever created.
Trent Reznor quotes: Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve. Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve.
Trent Reznor quotes: I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood. I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.
Trent Reznor quotes: I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything. I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything.
Trent Reznor quotes: This isn't meant to last. This is for right now. This isn't meant to last. This is for right now.
Trent Reznor quotes: Musicians have always adopted Macs. Musicians have always adopted Macs.
Trent Reznor quotes: It won't give up, it wants me deadGoddamn this noise inside my head It won't give up, it wants me dead
Goddamn this noise inside my head
Trent Reznor quotes: Just how deep do you believe? Can you get up off your knees? Just how deep do you believe? Can you get up off your knees?
Trent Reznor quotes: God is DEAD, and no one cares! If there is a hell I'll see you there! God is DEAD, and no one cares! If there is a hell I'll see you there!
Trent Reznor quotes: I believe there's a God but I'm not too sure of his relevance. I believe there's a God but I'm not too sure of his relevance.
Trent Reznor quotes: My moral standing is lying down. My moral standing is lying down.
Trent Reznor quotes: Today's political climate does not allow the luxury of apathy. Today's political climate does not allow the luxury of apathy.
Trent Reznor quotes: I was up above it. Now, I'm down in it. I was up above it. Now, I'm down in it.
Trent Reznor quotes: You know, if nobody knows who you are, nobody's going to buy your record. You know, if nobody knows who you are, nobody's going to buy your record.
Trent Reznor quotes: Fear has governed my life, if I think about it. Fear has governed my life, if I think about it.
Trent Reznor quotes: His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain Demands devotion, atrocities done in his name. His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain Demands devotion, atrocities done in his name.
Trent Reznor quotes: Sometimes we pee on each other before we go on stage. Sometimes we pee on each other before we go on stage.
Trent Reznor quotes: I'd never want to be Gene Simmons, an old man who puts on makeup to entertain kids, like a clown going to work. I'd never want to be Gene Simmons, an old man who puts on makeup to entertain kids, like a clown going to work.
Trent Reznor quotes: I love David Fincher and I think he's a genius. I love David Fincher and I think he's a genius.
Trent Reznor quotes: The reality is that people think it's okay to steal music. The reality is that people think it's okay to steal music.
Trent Reznor quotes: In Nine Inch Nails, I've been the guy calling the shots since inception. I'd gotten used to that. In Nine Inch Nails, I've been the guy calling the shots since inception. I'd gotten used to that.
Trent Reznor quotes: Live interaction with a crowd is a cathartic, spiritual kind of exchange, and it's intensified at a festival. Live interaction with a crowd is a cathartic, spiritual kind of exchange, and it's intensified at a festival.
Trent Reznor quotes: I think there's something strangely musical about noise. I think there's something strangely musical about noise.
Trent Reznor quotes: I miss how a record label can help spread the word that you have something out. I miss how a record label can help spread the word that you have something out.
Trent Reznor quotes: When fame presented itself to me, I was not at a point in my life where I was equipped to deal with it. When fame presented itself to me, I was not at a point in my life where I was equipped to deal with it.
Trent Reznor quotes: I'm not Prince or Rivers Cuomo, who brags about having hundreds of great songs. I'm not Prince or Rivers Cuomo, who brags about having hundreds of great songs.
Trent Reznor quotes: I like the idea of subversively communicating with people ... so that you make people see things in different ways. I like the idea of subversively communicating with people ... so that you make people see things in different ways.
Trent Reznor quotes: The fact that someone can relate to something you, in an intimate moment, jotted down, just blew me away. The fact that someone can relate to something you, in an intimate moment, jotted down, just blew me away.
Trent Reznor quotes: I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy. I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.
Trent Reznor quotes: Frankly, I have always dreaded writing - there always seemed to be pain involved, unpleasant self-examination and a lot of fear. Frankly, I have always dreaded writing - there always seemed to be pain involved, unpleasant self-examination and a lot of fear.
Trent Reznor quotes: Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on. Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on.
Trent Reznor quotes: Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman. Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman.
Trent Reznor quotes: An integral part of any relationship is knowing that you could be killed in your sleep at any time. An integral part of any relationship is knowing that you could be killed in your sleep at any time.
Trent Reznor quotes: If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules. If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules.
Trent Reznor quotes: I've become impossible, holding on to when everything seemed to matter more. I've become impossible, holding on to when everything seemed to matter more.
Trent Reznor quotes: In my nothing, you were everything, to me. In my nothing, you were everything, to me.
Trent Reznor quotes: I don't have a family. I'd like to have one. I just haven't somehow gotten around to it yet. I don't have a family. I'd like to have one. I just haven't somehow gotten around to it yet.
Trent Reznor quotes: Perfect little dream, The kind that hurts the most. Perfect little dream, The kind that hurts the most.
Trent Reznor quotes: If I could start again, a million miles away, I would keep myself, I would find a way. If I could start again, a million miles away, I would keep myself, I would find a way.
Trent Reznor quotes: All I've undergone I will keep on. All I've undergone I will keep on.
Trent Reznor quotes: It's not like I ride a broom into interviews. I don't hang upside down with a cape on. It's not like I ride a broom into interviews. I don't hang upside down with a cape on.
Trent Reznor quotes: ITunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. ITunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up.
Trent Reznor quotes: I believe sometimes you have a choice in what inspiration you choose to follow and other times you really don't. I believe sometimes you have a choice in what inspiration you choose to follow and other times you really don't.
Trent Reznor quotes: The least responsive audience I can ever remember playing to. The least responsive audience I can ever remember playing to.
Trent Reznor quotes: If I go onstage, I want to give people everything they want and more. I'll wash their car for them on their way out. If I go onstage, I want to give people everything they want and more. I'll wash their car for them on their way out.
Trent Reznor quotes: My input for the first 16, 17 years of my life was AM radio, FM radio - pretty mainstream stuff. Rolling Stone was probably as edgy as it got. My input for the first 16, 17 years of my life was AM radio, FM radio - pretty mainstream stuff. Rolling Stone was probably as edgy as it got.
Trent Reznor quotes: There's nothing like a stressful day. There's nothing like a stressful day.
Trent Reznor quotes: Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided. Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided.
Trent Reznor quotes: I'm very much aware of the dangers of becoming a cliche. Mr. Anger, someone who gets meaner, angrier on record. I'm very much aware of the dangers of becoming a cliche. Mr. Anger, someone who gets meaner, angrier on record.
Trent Reznor quotes: Now U2's not my favorite band, but I do respect them, and in the same way I respect Bowie: They change without fear of change. Now U2's not my favorite band, but I do respect them, and in the same way I respect Bowie: They change without fear of change.
Trent Reznor quotes: I'll be there for you, as long as it works for me. I play a game, its called insincerity. I'll be there for you, as long as it works for me. I play a game, its called insincerity.
Trent Reznor quotes: I tend to not listen to my own music when I'm not working on it. No real reason other than it's nice to get away from it. I tend to not listen to my own music when I'm not working on it. No real reason other than it's nice to get away from it.
Trent Reznor quotes: MTV can't do less for me, let's put it that way. I'm fine without them. MTV can't do less for me, let's put it that way. I'm fine without them.
Trent Reznor quotes: What is exciting is taking back the excitement of being able to debut something to an audience in exactly the way you want to. What is exciting is taking back the excitement of being able to debut something to an audience in exactly the way you want to.
Trent Reznor quotes: 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 hate it. 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 hate it.
Trent Reznor quotes: The dynamic of a relationship changes when one person gets sober. The dynamic of a relationship changes when one person gets sober.
Trent Reznor quotes: I foolishly thought that if I just 'made it' then everything would be okay. And everything wasn't okay. I foolishly thought that if I just 'made it' then everything would be okay. And everything wasn't okay.
Trent Reznor quotes: I think it's easy to make impenetrable music that nobody can get, and you can hide behind that sometimes. I think it's easy to make impenetrable music that nobody can get, and you can hide behind that sometimes.
Trent Reznor quotes: My music, I hope, takes 100% of your concentration. I know how to do that. My music, I hope, takes 100% of your concentration. I know how to do that.
Trent Reznor quotes: I didn't want to be in a Pepsi commercial with R2-D2 sitting on my shoulder. I didn't want to be in a Pepsi commercial with R2-D2 sitting on my shoulder.
Trent Reznor quotes: Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do. Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do.
Trent Reznor quotes: When I was growing up, the people who liked the Beatles, I didn't like, so I didn't pay attention to them. 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 quotes: I want to do something that matters. I want to do something that matters.
Trent Reznor quotes: I was never a Lime Wire guy because it's too much hassle to find the song. I was never a Lime Wire guy because it's too much hassle to find the song.
Trent Reznor quotes: It's a humbling thing, having kids. One of my sons came to rehearsals, and now he says Daddy's job is 'go play loud music.' It's a humbling thing, having kids. One of my sons came to rehearsals, and now he says Daddy's job is 'go play loud music.'
Trent Reznor quotes: It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival. It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival.
Trent Reznor quotes: I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much. I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.
Trent Reznor quotes: I'm sure there is a group of people that assume Nine Inch Nails is just noise and chaos - or whatever it might be dismissed as, and sometimes is. I'm sure there is a group of people that assume Nine Inch Nails is just noise and chaos - or whatever it might be dismissed as, and sometimes is.
Trent Reznor quotes: Tired faith all worn and thin, for all we could have done, and all that could have been. Tired faith all worn and thin, for all we could have done, and all that could have been.
Trent Reznor quotes: When I first played 'Wolfenstein 3D,' it blew my mind. It had a big impact on me. When I first played 'Wolfenstein 3D,' it blew my mind. It had a big impact on me.
Trent Reznor quotes: I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say. I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say.
Trent Reznor quotes: I did not grow up in a cosmopolitan environment. I grew up in a little town in the middle of nowhere, pre-Internet, pre-college radio. I did not grow up in a cosmopolitan environment. I grew up in a little town in the middle of nowhere, pre-Internet, pre-college radio.
Trent Reznor quotes: I think it's just an awkward time right now to be a musician. I think it's just an awkward time right now to be a musician.
Trent Reznor quotes: I thought I'd reached the bottom a few times, but then I'd realise there was another 30 floors of despair below that. I thought I'd reached the bottom a few times, but then I'd realise there was another 30 floors of despair below that.
Trent Reznor quotes: When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it. When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.
Trent Reznor quotes: Balance is good, because one extreme or the other leads to misery, and I've spent a lot of my life at one of those extremes. Balance is good, because one extreme or the other leads to misery, and I've spent a lot of my life at one of those extremes.
Trent Reznor quotes: You can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it at the end of the day with a You can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it at the end of the day with a song.
Trent Reznor quotes: Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting.
Trent Reznor quotes: I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching to the choir. I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching to the choir.

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