250 Quotes by Trent Reznor

My music, I hope, takes 100% of your concentration. I know how to do that.

When an instrument fails on stage it mocks you and must be destroyed!

When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie.

Now U2's not my favorite band, but I do respect them, and in the same way I respect Bowie: They change without fear of change.

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

The result of a public that has a very high consumption rate and turnover rate is people listen to more music but spend less time with individual bits of music. It's made me more likely to put things up quickly and treat it more like a magazine instead of a novel.

I was at my most miserable when I had everything I ever wanted.

When I first played 'Wolfenstein 3D,' it blew my mind. It had a big impact on me.

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