Nine Inch Nails'Trent Reznor has said that a cover version of his song 'Hurt ' recorded by Johnny Cash gave him the confidence to get on and record new album 'With Teeth', that long awaited follow up to 1999's 'The Fragile'.
On listening to the track, Reznor said: "It hit me at a time when I was about to start writing my album and I was feeling insecure and I was questioning my whole role in things, and didn't know if I had anything to say or any validity. Somehow when that came up, the recognition it garnered, y'know as a songwriter -which was nice as a change - really felt like a warm hug."
On first hearing the song: "I heard it and I didn't quite get it. It felt invasive a little bit, felt like it was my song - y'know that was a real personal song of mine - it felt funny hearing his big voice on it. And then shortly thereafter I got the video on the mail, and that's really when it really hit home, that knocked me over. I couldn't believe how powerful that track had become juxtaposed into his life."