Quotes By Marilyn Manson

The point is that life for me is not going to be the way it is for everyone else. I have a fog machine and movie lights in my bedroom.

Anybody intelligent enough to realize what America is, is not going to sit around and do nothing about it. They're going to be the same way that I am. They're going to be the same way our fans are. They're going to be pissed.

The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldn't have previously.

Marriage changes everything.

Growing up going to Christian school and the concept that you're born a sinner and you don't really have a choice to change who you are has been hammered into my head and created the entire reason why I made art and made a band and made records called 'Antichrist Superstar.'

People only hate what they see in themselves.

I'm not going to be some kind of PC, tree-hugger.

I don't want to feel like I've matured. That's a stupid word that I never want to use.

Things have become devalued to the point where people don't realize the repercussions, that they're devaluing themselves. It could end up bringing about chaos, a lawless situation.

I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.

Marilyn Manson is a mockery of American pop culture.

I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.

Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining our adults?

Leave me in a room with some crayons and I'll draw on the wall.

This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name, Charles Manson isn't his real name, and now, I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best.

I've started to think that maybe I wouldn't mind passing my demented genius on to some small thing who can set fire and breathe profanity.

Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference.

I've found a woman I can relate to. That's something - and I don't even feel sappy saying it - that, if anyone has that, don't lose it, because it's probably the only thing that you can ever really find any satisfaction from.

I went to one AA meeting and I got asked for an autograph.

My first memories of religion were being taken to Episcopal church. My father was Catholic, but my mother, I believe, was Episcopal. So I sort of veered off into the watered-down version of Catholicism.

My goal isn't to make money, it's to try and survive and make a point.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

These people are artists. These people are musicians. They're taking it out and trying to express it that way.

Living in Hollywood, it's easy to have someone flatter you. That doesn't help me.

The person who thinks I worship the devil and kill animals is just as important as someone who makes an interpretation that's closer to what I intended.

I used to have nightmares about the Antichrist - what would happen, where it would come from, and who it would be.

I think everybody's got a presentation. Everybody looks a certain way because they want to convey a certain image. You look a certain way because you want people to listen to you in a certain way.

As a kid I just felt like an outsider.