The best Quotes by Trent Reznor

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

I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.

Balance is good, because one extreme or the other leads to misery, and I've spent a lot of my life at one of those extremes.

In my life, I was always floating around the edge of the dark side and saying what if take it a little bit too far, and who says you have to stop there, and what's behind the next door. Maybe you gain a wisdom from examining those things. But after a while, you get too far down in the quicksand.

And when the day arrives I'll become the sky and I'll become the sea and the sea will come to kiss me for I am going home. Nothing can stop me now.

In England, they drive on the left side of the road.
In Pennsylvania we drive on what's left of the road.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Pennsylvania - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.

Love is like a flower; even the most beautiful one dies eventually.

People spend more time talking than thinking.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

The warden threw a party in the county jail
The prison band was there and they began to wail
The band was jumping and the joint began to swing
You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing

Let's rock, everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock

Someone will always be prettier.
Someone will always be smarter.
Someone will always be younger.
But they will never be you.

You don't need me to tell you what's gone wrong
You know what's going on
And it seems to me we've not cared enough
Or confided in each other at all
It seems like we've all got our backs against the wall

Time waits for nobody
Time waits for no one
We've got to trust one another
Or we'd have no more future at all

This skull between my ears, that is a bad neighbourhood. I should not be in there alone.

You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.

Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny.

And she was blinded by the light
Oh, cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tight, but she'll make it alright

There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it.

Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it!

It's better to burn out, than to fade away.

Live music is better.

If you end up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.

Let's play it f*cking loud!

You can never be wise and be in love at the same time.

In her own good land here she's been abused
She's been burned, dishonored, denied an' refused
And the government for which she stands
Has scandalized throughout the land
And she's getting thread bare, and she's wearin' thin
But she's in good shape, for the shape she's in
Cause she's been through the fire before
And I believe she can take a whole lot more

Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

I don't consider myself to be the best... and I don't like compliments... they distract me.

You can't go through life and leave things the way they are. We can all make a difference, and if I die today, I know I made a difference.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.

Music should be made to make people forget their problems, if only for a short while.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

It's better to burn out than to fade away

As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.

The Beatles will exist without us.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.