Quotes By Trent Reznor

I think there's something strangely musical about noise.

I foolishly thought that if I just 'made it' then everything would be okay. And everything wasn't okay.

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities.

I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.

This isn't meant to last. This is for right now.

What I have appreciated about the 'Call of Duty' games is the scale of production. It's not an indie game. It's not trying to be an indie game. But I've genuinely been pretty consistently blown away by, wow, what an effort has gone into this.

I thought my goal in life was to be in a successful band, and I had got that, but I was as miserable as I had ever been, and I couldn't understand why that would be.

Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting.

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.

Sometimes we pee on each other before we go on stage.

I think it's just an awkward time right now to be a musician.

I have been wildly enthused about gaming since I was younger, and a career path I chose not to go down but did really consider was getting into programming and game design.

I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything.

I've become impossible, holding on to when everything seemed to matter more.

Though I still have no semblance of a life outside of Nine Inch Nails at the moment, I realize my goals have gone from getting a record deal or selling another record to being a better person, more well-rounded, having friends, having a relationship with somebody.

The reality is that people think it's okay to steal music.

I was up above it. Now, I'm down in it.

Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.

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.

I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am.

Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve.

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.