“Nine Inch Nails was born out of Cleveland, Ohio, with me and a friend ...” — Trent Reznor Quote

Nine Inch Nails was born out of Cleveland, Ohio, with me and a friend in a studio working on demos at night. Got a record deal with a small, little label, went on tour in a van, and a couple years later found that somehow we touched a nerve, and that first record resonated with a bunch of people.

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

I don't even know why I'm saying this in an interview situation, but I always feel like I'm not good enough for some reason. I wish that wasn't the case, but left to my own devices, that voice starts speaking up.

I'm a lot less precious than I used to be about putting things out, for better or for worse. 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.

Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people interacting.

When we have our family dinners and going out to dinner or whatever, we have a carful. We have a full bunch, that's for sure!

I played with the Lust-Cats once in Denver. I've seen Happy Jawbone a bunch of times, but I can't remember if I played those shows or not.

I grew up around a bunch of rappers and street dudes and they were always like: 'yo! She's a little different but she's her.' They respected it because you know it wasn't forced, I wasn't posing to be something I wasn't.

Better to say something simply instead of giving people a bunch of vague metaphors to mull over.