It is not dying
June 15, 2016
Shirley Halperin: Are you worried about artists making a living in the near future?
Trent Reznor: Absolutely I am.
Jimmy Iovine: We all should be.
Reznor: I've dedicated my whole life to this craft, which, for a variety of reasons, is one that people feel we don't need to pay for anymore. And I went through a period of pointing fingers and being the grumpy, old, get-off-my-lawn guy. But then you realize, let's adapt and figure out how to make this better instead of just complain about it.
Trent Reznor: Absolutely I am.
Jimmy Iovine: We all should be.
Reznor: I've dedicated my whole life to this craft, which, for a variety of reasons, is one that people feel we don't need to pay for anymore. And I went through a period of pointing fingers and being the grumpy, old, get-off-my-lawn guy. But then you realize, let's adapt and figure out how to make this better instead of just complain about it.
-- Eddy Cue, Robert Kondrk, Trent Reznor and Jimmy Iovine interviewed by
Shirley Halperin of Billboard magazine, June 14 2016