Nine Inch Nails Quotes
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When I was around Bowie, I was nearing the bottom. When we were touring together, I looked at him as a kind of big-brother figure and I also looked at him as somebody I had a lot of respect for. The age and the period he's at in his life, I'd like to be there some day. He has a kind of content peace about him that's something to shoot for.
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Bowie mattered to me. He reinvented himself so many times - it must have been a daring statement to do that, risking failure. And hanging out with him and seeing him like that - he's my dad's age, born in the same month - when you find someone who's been through a really dark period, which most of his music I care about is from, Low, Lodger, "Heroes" era.... But he came out of it and made something that mattered.
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My doctor says, 'You've got one of the hardest ones to treat because it's not bipolar, it's not up and down, you're always just about a quart low in the mood department.
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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.
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For each film, you try to create a whole world sonically, having a sense of identity through instruments used, or recording techniques.
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If I could start again, a million miles away, I would keep myself, I would find a way.
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There's nothing like a stressful day.
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When an instrument fails on stage it mocks you and must be destroyed!
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I'm kind of forced to get out of what might feel more natural and comfortable.
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Tired faith all worn and thin, for all we could have done, and all that could have been.
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I've got a canvas, I've got a scene, let’s fill that with sound.
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I think, fundamentally, music is something inherently people love and need and relate to, and a lot of what's out right now feels like McDonalds. It's quick–fix. You kind of have a stomachache afterwards.
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Perfect little dream, The kind that hurts the most.
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If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules.