Trent Reznor Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I'd never want to be Gene Simmons, an old man who puts on makeup to entertain kids, like a clown going to work.”

“What is exciting is taking back the excitement of being able to debut something to an audience in exactly the way you want to.”

“I think the whole aspect of social networking is vulgar and repulsive in a lot of ways. But I also see why it's appealing - I've had that little high you get from posting stuff online. But then you think, 'Did I need to say that?' I've explored that enough to know to stay kind of quiet these days.”

“The music I always liked as a kid was stuff I could bum out to and realize, 'Hey, someone else feels that way, too.' So if someone can do that with my music, it's mission accomplished.”

“I believe sometimes you have a choice in what inspiration you choose to follow and other times you really don't.”

“I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times.”

“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.”

“It's not like I ride a broom into interviews. I don't hang upside down with a cape on.”

“I think my music's more disturbing than Tupac's - or at least I thought some of the themes of 'The Downward Spiral' were more disturbing on a deeper level - you know, issues about suicide and hating yourself and God and people and everything else.”

“My experience with record labels throughout my career has generally fallen into wishing I could do things that they're not built to do, whether it be arguing about having a nicer package - because I do believe some people care about that - to trying to always bank on art-versus-the-easy-commerce route; there's always been headbutting involved.”