250 Quotes by Trent Reznor

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

I tend to not listen to my own music when I'm not working on it. No real reason other than it's nice to get away from it.

I'm a lot less precious than I used to be about putting things out, for better or for worse. 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.

I think it's just an awkward time right now to be a musician.

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.

I'm sure there is a group of people that assume Nine Inch Nails is just noise and chaos - or whatever it might be dismissed as, and sometimes is.

I've attended many concerts where I felt let down and I was wishing it would be something else. Not that it's their duty to please me, but at the same time, I think a lot about what it's like through the eyes of the consumer, the fan. I want not to pander to the audience, but to be aware of them.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think music should be free.

I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.