Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor
Michael Trent Reznor, known professionally as Trent Reznor, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and film score composer. As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, he is best known as the founder and principal songwriter of industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails. His first release under this pseudonym, the 1989 album Pretty Hate Machine, was a commercial and critical success. He has since released eight studio albums. He left Interscope Records in 2007 and was an independent recording artist until signing with...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth17 May 1965
CityMercer, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities.
I just want something I can never have.
I can't begin to tell you what a difficult job it is to replace your drummer in this band.
You told me you'd never make me cry. Now I'm slipping on the tears you've made me cry. Why does it come as a surprise? To think I was so naive. Maybe it didn't mean so much to you, but it meant the world to me.
Alex is doing great and fitting in well,
The entire secret to the world is some drummers can play with click tracks and some can't,
And now, the day revolves around the show. It's a different mindset. You know, the rest of the guys in the band aren't sober. They're wild men in their own ways, and that leads to the isolation factor. But I'm not feeling particularly bad about it and I'm doing everything I can to take care of myself.
We know we cannot stop all ticket reselling, but if we can redirect some of that unauthorized margin to a good cause like the Innocence Project, it makes me feel like we have done something worthwhile.
Sometimes we pee on each other before we go on stage.
Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do.
I aspire to make a record that sounds better 10 listens in than it does after two, and still, at 50 listens, you're picking out things that add a depth and a thoughtfulness to it; there's enough in there that you can still be extracting pieces out of it.
I'm not Prince or Rivers Cuomo, who brags about having hundreds of great songs.
Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and 'clean' versions be made for them to carry.
Fear has governed my life, if I think about it.