Trent Reznor Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“My life has been many examples of shortsighted goals that I thought would fix things. You know, if there's something broken inside me, if there's a hole in there, I thought: If I could just write a good song someday, then I'd be OK. You know, if I could just be on stage in front of people I'd never seen before and be validated by them.”

“I was excited by the process of Pandora, which I still think is a decent product. Not as great in actuality as it sounds. After the first hour, its weaknesses start to show up.”

“One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it?'”

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

“Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.”

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

“I was never a Lime Wire guy because it's too much hassle to find the song.”

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

“Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and 'clean' versions be made for them to carry.”

“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.”