20 quotes
If they think that an artist can destroy their faith, then their faith is rather fragile.
I never really hated a one true God, but the God of the people I hated.
Disposable Teens (2000)
Keep everyone afraid and they'll consume.
Art gives me the freedom I don’t have when I make music. In music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that's secondary.
We don't believe in credibility, because we know that we're fucking incredible.
The High End of Low (2009)
To me, anything that is a church is really just far too close minded.
Ultimate Guitar (2007)
Is adult entertainment killing our children? Or is killing our children entertaining adults?
MarilynManson.com (2000)
If someone listens to our music, and it makes them creative, that makes me happier than anything. But with our music, we try to teach the masses of fans that not everything is as it seems.
Hopefully, I’ll be remembered as the person who brought an end to Christianity.
We don't like to kill our unborn, we need them to grow up and fight our wars.
The High End of Low (2009)
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.
I wouldn't say a single word to them. I would listen to what they have to say, and that's what no one did.
I think onstage it was more me trying to show people my pain, and offstage it was just feeling it, period.
If you act like a rock star, you will be treated like one.
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell (1998)
When I was growing up, music was the only escape. If you put on a record, its not gonna yell at you about the way you dress, its gonna make you feel better about it.
It's really important for me to get across to our fans that whenever I put myself in different circumstances. It is to learn from it so I can relay it to others.
The only way that you achieve what you want and to fulfill your dreams and become great is by demanding that sort of attention. You have to make it happen.
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell (1998)
I wanted to address the hypocrisy of talk show America. How morals are worn as a badge, to make you look good and how it is easier to talk about your beliefs than to live up to them.
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell (1998)
I'm not anything like Brad Pitt or Antonio Banderas, but maybe it's the taboo element of my image, which is almost deathlike, that attracts them. I should be the last person that [people] should be attracted to.
The death of one is a tragedy, but death of a million is just a statistic.
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