Marilyn Manson

“I'm thinking about entering a Marilyn Manson costume contest to see if I lose.”

“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.”

“In music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that's secondary.”

“Music is the strongest form of magic.”

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

“If what you do is being threatened as a profession, that could be scary. But that's the same reason why I walked out on stage many times after receiving death threats. I couldn't live without doing what I wanted to do. So at the same time I have to be willing to die for it.”

“I refuse to say things behind people's backs.”

“They'll see it. And it doesn't matter if they don't. It's only Rock 'n' Roll. But I do intend to move more into the Mainstream. Marilyn Manson is just the First phase.”

“The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they're supposed to like, what they're supposed to buy, and what they're supposed to laugh at.”

“To me, Columbine is just as awful as Vietnam, and it's just as awful as anything else.”

“The hero is never the star of the story.”

“When I turned about 14, I developed a friendship with this guy whose mom was the secretary to Ernest Angley, the faith healer, who's very popular in the Midwest. He had a television show, and he was sort of like Liberace mixed with Jerry Falwell - very glitzy, very high-tech.”

“I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means.”

“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.”

“I like Kylie Minogue sometimes - I like a lot of unusual stuff... I don't know - I like Justin Timberlake over Lady Gaga, just musically.”

“If you believe in what you're doing, you're going to make money. When you question it, you won't.”

“When you're in a relationship, if you just break it down to regular terms, people are attracted to something, and that's what they want you to be, and that's what you should just be, and for me, it's very simple - if I meet a girl and I say, 'This is what I like about you. Just continue. Every day.'”

“Anybody who does not evolve can become a self-parody. I have to evolve on a daily basis just to keep my own interest in what I do.”

“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.”

“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.”