Trent Reznor Quotes
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'Badlands' is a very tangible record; a lot of the sounds were actual things: they were pots and pans, and they were rocks, and they were voices,and instruments used in a way to create a landscape of sound.
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I'm not into the whole showbiz scene.
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I hate the way chorus boxes sound.
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Even though I know who I am, musically I'm a blank canvas. I know what colors I want to use, but I don't know what picture I want to paint yet.
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I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.
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My sound is, at its core, a mix of things. Definitely an imperfect mix, but one that incorporates elements of the music I love - a bit of indie rock, super rhythmic rapping, and lots of synths.
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I am shocked that Republicans can't explain why our technological and economic advantages are the result of sound monetary and economic policy.
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There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
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The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling.
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But it's like the horror of being in a studio with a blank canvas. I used to always run out of ideas because there are so many possibilities and I would just think, well what am I going to do now!
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I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that doesn't partake of that magic is halfway dead - it returns to its physical elements, it's just paint and canvas.
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Music is what our feelings sound like.
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Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.
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I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means.
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Shania Twain brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced.
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That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was.
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I try to find 15 minutes a day to just be alone without any distractions just for headspace to meditate and get my Zen on. I think that helps me get through the hecticness of the day on tour with the interviews, the sound check, the meet and greets, the show and the post-show meet and greets.
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A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.
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But you have to trust your instincts. Because you're not going to try it 20 different ways during rehearsal. You'll try it two or three different ways, maybe, but then you've got five other scenes you're shooting that day. You've got to keep going.
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It was in His flesh that Christ walked among us and it is His flesh that He has given us to eat for our salvation; but no one eats of this flesh without having first adored it . . . and not only do we not sin in thus adoring it, but we would be sinning if we did not do so.
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It is wisdom that is seeking for wisdom.
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When I was a kid I was really into horror films. I watched every single horror film that came out in the 80s.
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An opponent is entitled to the same regard for his principles as we would expect others to have for ours. Non-violence demands that we should see every opportunity to win over opponents.
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I've got a canvas, I've got a scene, let’s fill that with sound.
