I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say.
Trent ReznorYou can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it at the end of the day with a song.
Trent ReznorLots of people can have girlfriends. But I can throw around guitars onstage! That'll be my epitaph: 'He never had a girlfriend, but you should've seen him smash a Les Paul!'
Trent ReznorWhen 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