Trent Reznor Quotes
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I think the reason I was 23 before I ever wrote a song was that I was afraid of testing myself. What would I do if I discovered I didn't have anything to say?
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The first set of lyrics for the first songs I ever wrote, which are the ones on 'Pretty Hate Machine,' came from private journal entries that I realized I was writing in lyric form.
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I doubt I'll ever pay someone to do a remix again, because there's some amazing stuff just coming out of bedrooms.
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I believe there's a God but I'm not too sure of his relevance.
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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.
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When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie.
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The dynamic of a relationship changes when one person gets sober.
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Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting.
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I wear this crown of thorns Upon my liar's chair Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair Beneath the stains of time The feelings disappear You are someone else I am still right here What have I become My sweetest friend
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I've always been into computers. When I was getting out of high school and forming my identity musically, all of it was really coming into the fold, computers and drum machines. It felt like, you know, I'm in the right place at the right time. I liked the collision.
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I used to buy vinyl. Today, if you do put out a record on a label, traditionally, most people are going to hear it via a leak that happens two weeks - if not two months - before it comes out. There's no real way around that.
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I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am.
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When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.
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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.'
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Now that I have a thousand albums in my car all the time, I listen to more music. I was too lazy; I always had the same five discs in there. I'd never think to change it.
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I love David Fincher and I think he's a genius.
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In my nothing, you were everything, to me.
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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.
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I do actually believe in love. I can't say that I'm 100 percent successful in that department, but I think it's one of the few worthwhile human experiences. It's cooler than anything I can think of right now.
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An integral part of any relationship is knowing that you could be killed in your sleep at any time.
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When fame presented itself to me, I was not at a point in my life where I was equipped to deal with it.
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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.
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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. You have to fight that.
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My moral standing is lying down.