Marilyn Manson Quotes
I've never written songs about relationships. I've written songs about how I feel. The songs are more about me, than another person. That's the way I like to look at it.
People hate to describe their music. What we have come to call it is "beat up your mom" music. As far as describing what it sounds like, I guess you'd have to listen.
When I was stalking my special lady friend on MySpace, people would always say, 'Is this really Marilyn Manson or some kind of psycho?' And I'm like, 'Both'
In the end we're all Jerry Springer Show guests, really, we just haven't been on the show.
To me, Columbine is just as awful as Vietnam and it's just as awful as anything else.
I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness.
Spare time is like spare change. It's hard to quantify, the definition of that phrase. What do I do when I'm not onstage singing, or sleeping, with or without someone else? I watch movies.
The whole concept of this band is to present the ugly truth about society - warts and all, and let the chips fall where they may.
Antichrist Superstar is also about me wanting to grow up and be something that people would adore...instead I grew up and became something that people hated.
I was becoming the cold, emotionally crippled monster I always wanted to be, and I wasn’t so sure I liked it. But it was too late. The metamorphosis was already well under way.
I'm tired of people calling me a devil worshipper. It's kind of pointless you know. Because if the Devil did exist, he'd be worshipping me, because I'm more successful than he is.
Sometimes I like to get drunk and buy things on the internet, and then I wake up the next day and find 'em on my doorstep, and it's like Christmas. I get excited.
We will no longer be oppressed by the fascism called Christianity. We will no longer be oppressed by the mentality of the police state.
It's always about being yourself and not being ashamed of being different or thinking different.
I usually wake up far after breakfast. So I have no other choice but to go straight to dinner.
The genius of art finds sanctuary among children and madmen to survive.That is who we are.
People expect me to me a 'shock rocker,' but there's nothing you can do anymore to be shocking.
Videos have to go hand in hand with your music, so that's why, ultimately, they should be created by the artist. And if they're not, it doesn't really add up to me.
There was definitely a lack of any sort of villain in the Clinton era, which is why when Columbine happened, it was easy to pick on me. My face was around and it made good TV.
I've always believed that a person is smart. It's people that are stupid.
My dad being a salesman taught me you can sell anybody anything if you've got the ability to believe.
America puts killers on the cover of Time magazine, giving them as much notoriety as our favorite movie stars.
...the devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. So don't expect the end of the world to come one day out of the blue - it's been happening every day for a long time.
Once I threw a water bottle from the stage into the audience, and it hit Tony Bennett in the head. It was a special moment for me.
I put out a lot of ideas in the lyrics and the way I do my things. There's a lot of ideas floatin' around and people who know what it is. People will pick it up if they know what to pick up.
To admit you want to have a comeback means you have to admit you weren't what you were supposed to be. You dropped below your own standard.
I get shocked by people smoking cigarettes sometimes. i get shocked by watching talk shows. people's moralities are so far below what i would consider standard.
If anybody wants to be a rock star they've gotta try hard enough. They're not gonna get it handed to them
My fans make me feel as young as they are. We share the same spirit and I share their outlook on life
