<blockquote>We did a radio show in Chicago where we did such songs as "The Fragile" and "[[Hurt (song)|Hurt]]" that were stripped down, though it was not us with acoustic guitars, singing Poison songs. So I took those performances, and added some other ones we'd done in the studio, several new instrumental tracks, a new song called "And All That Could Have Been," and worked it into a heavily melancholic suite for a rainy, fall, Sunday afternoon.</blockquote>
Reznor [[:Image:2004_05_07Questions1.gif|stated ]] on [[nin.com/access]] that some of the tracks on ''Still'' are evolutions of rejected themes that were originally written for [[Mark Romanek]]'s ''One Hour Photo.''[https://www.nin.wiki/Nin.com/access#/media/File%3A2004_05_07Questions1.gif] Romanek had to reject Reznor's work due to pressure from the studio, who wanted him to work with an established film composer.[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/dec/21/trent-reznor-dragon-tattoo-soundtrack]
The title may be referencing the [[Joy Division]] album of the same name, from which their song "[[Dead Souls]]" - covered by [[Nine Inch Nails]] during ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' era - comes. The album was originally intended to be called ''Quiet''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10729782@N03/4638360700/in/set-72157624007552825/], a name that was later reflected in ''[[The Definitive NIN - Quiet Tracks]]''.