With a Nine Inch Nails show, I'm building on a legacy that comes with a certain set of expectations. I have to push that forward, I have to reinvent myself, I have to feel current and valid.

It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival.

Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on.

In Nine Inch Nails, I've been the guy calling the shots since inception. I'd gotten used to that.

As long as it feels valid to me and feels sincere, I'll do what I do under the moniker of Nine Inch Nails if it's appropriate. I would hate to think I would ever be in a position where I'm faking it to get a paycheck.

I'm sure there is a group of people that assume Nine Inch Nails is just noise and chaos - or whatever it might be dismissed as, and sometimes is.