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I've got a canvas, I've got a scene, let’s fill that with sound.

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Trent Reznor
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 17
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I hated school . . . I freaking hated it. The fact is that it revolved around something you didn't have access to. If you weren't on the football team, if you were in the band, you were a leper. When people say those were the best years of our lives, I want to scream.
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I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.
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I believe there's a God but I'm not too sure of his relevance.
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Today's political climate does not allow the luxury of apathy.
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The result of a public that has a very high consumption rate and turnover rate is people listen to more music but spend less time with individual bits of music. It's made me more likely to put things up quickly and treat it more like a magazine instead of a novel.
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To switch right into creativity usually takes a bit of time, and this came up right at that juncture where I thought, okay, here's an opportunity to work with somebody I really respect in a new medium.
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There's something exciting and incredibly liberating for an artist to finish something Friday night and the world hears it Friday night instead of eight months later after marketing people and all those assholes get involved.
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Tired faith all worn and thin, for all we could have done, and all that could have been.
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I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.
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I have been wildly enthused about gaming since I was younger, and a career path I chose not to go down but did really consider was getting into programming and game design.
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I want to do something that matters.
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If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules.
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I'd never want to be Gene Simmons, an old man who puts on makeup to entertain kids, like a clown going to work.
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Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look.
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People are always saying, 'You're really nice, I thought you were going to be a complete asshole.' I'm getting pretty fed up with it. I just want to say to them, 'Well I could always piss on your head.'
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Left to my own devices, in the face of the climate change deniers, the madness and the greed-based decision-making, and propaganda that's been floating around, it's hard not to become pessimistic.
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I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything.
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There's nothing like a stressful day.
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Jumping through any hoop or taking advantage of any desperate situation that comes up just to sell a product is harmful. It is.
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An integral part of any relationship is knowing that you could be killed in your sleep at any time.
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