Trent Reznor Quotes

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

Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman.

Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look.

Why don’t the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided.

I found that when I was putting my own music out, with my Twitter feed as the pure marketing budget, I'm preaching to the choir.

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

The least responsive audience I can ever remember playing to.

Perfect little dream, The kind that hurts the most.

Left to my own devices, in the face of the climate change deniers, the madness and the greed-based decision-making, and propaganda that's been floating around, it's hard not to become pessimistic.

Being human is a lot more difficult than being on tour.

For each film, you try to create a whole world sonically, having a sense of identity through instruments used, or recording techniques.

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

My dad and I are best friends. He's pretty much responsible for the way I turned out. He would provide a little artistic inspiration here and there in the form of a guitar, stuff like that.

I'm very much aware of the dangers of becoming a cliche. Mr. Anger, someone who gets meaner, angrier on record.

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.

I doubt I'll ever pay someone to do a remix again, because there's some amazing stuff just coming out of bedrooms.

'Yeezus, ' I really love it. I think the sound of it is cool.

iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up.