I was up above it. Now, I'm down in it.
From Trent Reznor
This isn't meant to last. This is for right now.
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.
Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve.
In Nine Inch Nails, I've been the guy calling the shots since inception. I'd gotten used to that.
If I go onstage, I want to give people everything they want and more. I'll wash their car for them on their way out.
I doubt I'll ever pay someone to do a remix again, because there's some amazing stuff just coming out of bedrooms.
One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it?'
The music I always liked as a kid was stuff I could bum out to and realize, 'Hey, someone else feels that way, too.' So if someone can do that with my music, it's mission accomplished.
Sometimes the worst thing that can happen is, 'Oh, I'm on stage playing a song,' because you're daydreaming about something else, you're on autopilot. You have to fight that.
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