Quotes By Marilyn Manson

As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, but that's why I change and adapt the way I look.

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.

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.

Marilyn Manson is a mockery of American pop culture.

I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be.

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.

My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn't have a job that gave them a pension.

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.

Music is the strongest form of magic.

When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love?

I was married to someone who wanted me to change. Become more adult, more responsible. I began not to like myself, not like what I do. I lost my identity. Everything began collapsing around me.

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.

When I finish a picture I don't show it to anyone if I feel it's not good enough yet. I've learnt to listen to my partners and my friends. For me it's the biggest success if they like it.

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.

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.

What I know is my music gets blamed for school shootings.

I fall in love very easily.