Top 145 Quotes by Trent Reznor

About Trent Reznor

These are some quotes by American author Trent Reznor Musician, who was born on May 17, 1965.

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.

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.

Trent Reznor

I've watched with a kind of wary eye how gaming has progressed. I was there at the beginning with Pong in the arcade, and a lot of my great childhood memories were around a 'Tempest' machine.

I've watched with a kind of wary eye how gaming has progressed. I was there at the beginning with Pong in the arcade, and a lot of my great childhood memories were around a 'Tempest' machine.

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Sometimes the worst thing that can happen is, 'Oh, I'm on stage playing a song,' because you're daydreaming about something else, you're on autopilot. You have to fight that.

Sometimes the worst thing that can happen is, 'Oh, I'm on stage playing a song,' because you're daydreaming about something else, you're on autopilot. You have to fight that.

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Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on.

Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on.

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When I was 25, people used to say to me that having kids would change you, and I'd roll my eyes.

When I was 25, people used to say to me that having kids would change you, and I'd roll my eyes.

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

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

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You know, if nobody knows who you are, nobody's going to buy your record.

You know, if nobody knows who you are, nobody's going to buy your record.

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Nine Inch Nails was born out of Cleveland, Ohio, with me and a friend in a studio working on demos at night. Got a record deal with a small, little label, went on tour in a van, and a couple years later found that somehow we touched a nerve, and that first record resonated with a bunch of people.

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In Nine Inch Nails, I've been the guy calling the shots since inception. I'd gotten used to that.

In Nine Inch Nails, I've been the guy calling the shots since inception. I'd gotten used to that.

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I think the thing I've always tried to do is - and I didn't plan it, it just started to come out that way - is try to make challenging music that flirts with accessibility.

I think the thing I've always tried to do is - and I didn't plan it, it just started to come out that way - is try to make challenging music that flirts with accessibility.

Trent Reznor

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