Trent Reznor
Difficult Artist
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How I Approached the Making of Music Slash Art
When I think back to figuring out how to write songs early nine inch nails I knew what I liked but I wasn't sure how to get. The act of yeah tapping into truth and often ugly feelings or rage or whatever it might be was agonizingly turn it into something that felt like it had merit with the risk of failure high. After pretty hate machine came out and found its audience over the period of a couple years and a lot of touring, then your own life changes not only from a confidence level because you're getting some sort of reassurance or reinforcement that you have some merit. It's an incredibly strange predicament you could see coming but you don't know what it feels like until
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