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" I think the thing I've always tried to do is - and I didn't plan it, it just started to come out that way - is try to make challenging music that flirts with accessibility. "

Trent Reznor

Music

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Point

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People

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Image

MTV

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Down

Upside Down

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" I think the reason I was 23 before I ever wrote a song was that I was afraid of testing myself. What would I do if I discovered I didn't have anything to say? "

" I need boundaries. In the modern studio there are a bunch of instruments around me, and I can simulate anything I can't play, so sometimes the palette feels too big. "

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Big

I Can

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" I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much. "

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Much

Even

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Music

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