Trent Reznor Quotes

I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going through in my life. If you're going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, it's a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent.

Songwriting is actually a really great outlet. I kind of recommend it. You get to sum up whatever is going on in your life in a song, then perform it really passionately.

My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.

My songwriting... it's almost like a kind of self-therapy.

Most artists - painters or writers - I think create out of stress or negative situations. Look at rock music. It's about getting things off of your chest, and it's a means of venting in many ways. That's what my work is about.

Songwriting is therapeutic for me.

I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs.

Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.

Music was my one way to vent.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings.

I get things out of my system through my songs, but, because they can be about so many different things, it takes me a while to get through them emotionally.

Creating something beautiful out of pain helps ease the pain. So, that's kind of how I got to songwriting - quite honestly out of desperation.

If something's upsetting me, being able to go in and work on new music makes all the difference in the world.

When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so much better than when I write happy ones.

Making music has always made me happy. When I go through a situation, the best way for me to get over it is to bundle up all of my emotions about it, put it in a little shell, create something, and then let it go.

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.

I write music, really, to make myself feel better.

I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.

Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.

Songwriting is like a therapy, it's a connection that you have with another person, and I'm not scared of it at all for some reason.

Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation - a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think it is for any writer.

For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver.

Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful.