I want to do something that matters. Trent Reznor More Quotes by Trent Reznor More Quotes From Trent Reznor Perfect little dream, The kind that hurts the most. Trent Reznor hurtperfectdream I thought my goal in life was to be in a successful band, and I had got that, but I was as miserable as I had ever been, and I couldn't understand why that would be. Trent Reznor goalsuccessfulwould-be I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am. Trent Reznor insecureuncomfortablewho-i-am The least responsive audience I can ever remember playing to. Trent Reznor audiencei-canremember One step closer to the end of the world. The one-two combo of corporate greed and organised religion apparently proved to be too much for reason, sanity and compassion. Trent Reznor greedcompassiontwo For each film, you try to create a whole world sonically, having a sense of identity through instruments used, or recording techniques. Trent Reznor techniqueidentitytrying Live interaction with a crowd is a cathartic, spiritual kind of exchange, and its intensified at a festival. Trent Reznor crowdsfestivalsspiritual Though I still have no semblance of a life outside of Nine Inch Nails at the moment, I realize my goals have gone from getting a record deal or selling another record to being a better person, more well-rounded, having friends, having a relationship with somebody. Trent Reznor nailsgoalrelationship Nine Inch Nails was an experiment with me in discipline. I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything. Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100 percent, because I had never reached true failure. Trent Reznor pianodisciplineplay God is dead, and no one cares! If there is a hell I'll see you there! Trent Reznor atheismcarefear 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. Trent Reznor choirmarketingfound All I've undergone I will keep on. Trent Reznor I think the whole aspect of social networking is vulgar and repulsive in a lot of ways. Trent Reznor networkingwaythinking I'll name check Radiohead on this--they've done a pretty suave marketing plan on this new record. I think generally it's been a pretty cool thing, but what they've done is used those (sales) numbers in a way that they can spin them anyway they want cause you don't know what they are. Trent Reznor namesnumbersthinking I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything. Trent Reznor schoolworki-realized 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. Trent Reznor climategreeddecision When I was around Bowie, I was nearing the bottom. When we were touring together, I looked at him as a kind of big-brother figure and I also looked at him as somebody I had a lot of respect for. The age and the period he's at in his life, I'd like to be there some day. He has a kind of content peace about him that's something to shoot for. Trent Reznor brotheragetogether Being human is a lot more difficult than being on tour. Trent Reznor difficultbeing-humanhumans Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am. Trent Reznor down-andwritingthinking Grammy asshole weekend in LA. Yuck ... The Grammys = the old guard / old media propping up their puppets trying to convince the outside world, and each other, they're relevant. Trent Reznor weekendmediatrying
