Trent Reznor Thinking Quotations

It's kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world has ever created.

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

I think the whole aspect of social networking is vulgar and repulsive in a lot of ways.

I think theres something strangely musical about noise.

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.

To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should hate it.

I think if there was an ISP tax of some sort, we can say to the consumer, 'All music is now available and able to be downloaded and put in your car and put in your iPod and put up your a-- if you want and it's $5 on your cable bill.'

I do actually believe in love. I can't say that I'm 100 percent successful in that department, but I think it's one of the few worthwhile human experiences. It's cooler than anything I can think of right now.

Sometimes I think I spend my whole life trying to figure out where I fit in.

I think, fundamentally, music is something inherently people love and need and relate to, and a lot of what's out right now feels like McDonalds. It's quick-fix. You kind of have a stomachache afterwards.