Trent Reznor

"While I was working on Downward Spiral, I was living in the house where Sharon Tate was killed. Then one day I met her sister. It was a random thing, just a brief encounter. And she said: "Are you exploiting my sisters death by living in her house?" For the first time, the whole thing kind of slapped me in the face. I said, "No, its just sort of my own interest in American folklore. Im in this place where a weird part of history occurred." I guess it never really struck me before, but it did then. She lost her sister from a senseless, ignorant situation that I dont want to support. When she was talking to me, I realized for the first time, "What if it was my sister?" I thought, "Fuck Charlie Manson." I went home and cried that night. It made me see theres another side to things, you know?"

"I think, fundamentally music is something inherently people love and need and relate to, and a lot of whats out right now feels like McDonalds. Its quick-fix. You kind of have a stomachache afterwards. Its not wholly satisfying. And its fake. I would hope that the music that inspired me, that got me going, that talked to me, felt like it was coming from some place that had some true emotion and true integrity behind it. I think that can reemerge."