Marilyn Manson Quotes
Could you explain the vision and concept that you had for Marilyn Manson when -you first formed the band?- MTV Europe MM:"Well, the idea, I was writing a lot of
lyrics five or six years ago and the name Marilyn Manson, I thought really describes
everything that I had to say, you know, male and female, beauty and ugliness, and it
was just very American. It was a statement on the American culture, the power that
we give to icons like Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson and since that's where it's
.always gone from there. It's about the paradox. Diametrically opposed archetypes
Idea - Kerrang Magazine December 14 1996 MM:"I've always looked at everything -I do as if it were my favorite band, you know, I like to present things with every
element possible. From the image to the music, to politics, to philosophy, to the
".religious aspects
The Band's concept - Huh Magazine October 1996 MM:"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
Envisioned World - Huh Magazine October 96 MM:"In the world that I envision, -".Marilyn Manson isn't necessary. But that's not the world we live in
Darker Half - Request Magazine MM:"I've rarely had people ask me about my -interest in Marilyn Monroe, yet they always gravitate towards the darker half. I think
".that is a part of the statement of Marilyn Manson itself
What is Man's greatest flaw? - American Online Interview MM:"His inability to -".acknowledge and control his animal instincts
Make a Difference - Hit Parader December 1996 MM:"Find out what's really out -".there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference
Societys Scapegoats - Huh Magazine October 1996 MM:"Society has traditionally -".always tried to find scapegoats for its problems. Well, here I am
How is Marilyn Manson gonna make the world a better place? - Guitar World -Magazine MM:"It's something people are gonna have to do for themselves. I'm just
gonna make them want it. Everybody has the ability. Every man and woman is a star.
It just takes the time to realize they need the personal strength to acknowledge what
".they are, and I'm just trying to wake that up in everybody
People hating Marilyn Manson - XS June 29 1994 MM:"What good would Marilyn -".Manson be if no one hated Marilyn Manson
Think - British NME Interview, August 30th, 1997 MM:"I just try to make people -".think. I don't try to shock them or scare them. I just try and get them to question
Pissed off - MTV Europe Headbangers Ball December 10 1996 MM:"So anybody -with any bit of intelligence has got to be pissed off because if they see how things are
".in the world, they're not going to be happy with it
Corrupting Youth - Huh Magazine October 1996 MM:"Parents and legislators love -to blame people like us for corrupting the youth of this country, but the kids were
".corrupted long before we ever got to them
Image - CMJ January 1997 MM:"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 they should be attracted to
Selling out to the Mainstream - Backstage Interview Salt Lake City show -MM:"That's part of being a band, being entertainers. The more people that we reach,
the better. I don't want to remain an underground secret. However we still want to
".hang onto what we're about
What are your views on Drugs and Drug users? - America Online Interview MM:"I -respect strong people. Some people can handle drugs and some people can't. I don't
".respect drug addicts
Marilyn & Manson - Circus Magazine - June 1997 MM:"Nothing is just black or -just white. I combined the word "Marilyn" {Monroe} as the white, positive aspect the light - with the word "Manson" {Charles} which is the black, negative aspect.
Light and darkness, life and death are simply two inseparable parts of life. Without
darkness you wouldn't know the light and without evil, you wouldn't know what's
".good. Good and evil go hand in hand, you can't seperate them
Journalism - Circus Mag May 1997 - Band Member: Twiggy Ramirez TR:"Marilyn -Manson himself was a journalist but I think he just got so fed up with all the crap
people fed him and listening to the same shit over and over that he decided to do the
".talking
Right Answers - Metal Edge Magazine - August 1997 MM:"I just thought that I had -all the right questions and no one had the right answers, and I knew that I had the
right answers, so I thought it would be much more beneficial for me to be answering
".the questions instead of asking them
Do your fans seem to be getting this complex message? - Select Magazine June -1997 MM:"They'll see it. And it doesn't matter if they don't. It's only Rock & Roll.
But I do intend to move more into the Mainstream. Marilyn Manson is just the First
".phase
What impression do you want to make on Americas youth? MM:"If I could just get -them to WANT AN ANSWER, then they'll find it on their own. I don't have any
answer for them. There is a distinct lack of leadership, idols, icons, and superstars for
kids to identify with. When I was a kid there was a lot of people that I could look to or
.look up to and it just seems like there's not that anymore
Growing up what did you want to be? - CFNY May 30 1996 MM:"I use to want to -be a writer, I wanted to write stories, but I tried that, and found that this was the way
".to get things across this way
Would you like to be on Oprah? - RIP Magazine November 1996 MM:"I don't -believe that Oprah deals with any subjects of real value. Not that other talk shows do,
but she seems to have gone to a different level and doesn't have the psychological
".ammo to provide an interesting conversation
The album Antichrist Superstar - Circus Magazine February 18, 1997 MM:"There -will always be misconceptions, people will misconceive this record as being purely
evil, either Satanic or Fascist. But it's so hard to put into any of those terms because
".it's extreme. Its positive and negative in its purest form
Looking past the Album title "Antichrist Superstar" MM:"Those who move beyond -the Album's Title and most blatant aspects of what I do, will then understand what I
".am trying to say
What do you hope to accomplish with the album Antichrist Superstar?--Hit Parader -Magazine - February 1997 MM:"We are a positive band and people aren't use to
seeing the extreme negativity that we represent. I hope this record will have a positive
effect on people. It's my personal study of looking at life. I came close to death and
".found my way back again. Our fans will understand
Album interpretations - Hit Parader Magazine February 1997 MM:"This album is a -"complete piece of art that changes with peoples interpretations
Changes in Society - Request Magazine MM:"I do feel the Cassandra Complex , -where you know the future, but can't change it. I really want for things to be better,
then I get depressed and pissed off and think. Fuck it, why bother? That's where
Antichrist Superstar comes from. I expect to see some changes in Society from what I
".do, and I won't stop till I see a change
New Life - Details Magazine December 1996 MM:"So I hope each time The Album -is played, it brings people one step closer to the end of the world in their hearts or in
.their flesh
And when they get to the end of the world what will they arrive at? MM:"The -".beginning of a new one that's better
That sounds kinda Christian Marilyn. MM:"That's the paradox (laughs) sometimes I -think the most shocking thing I could do would be to behave politely and speak of
".Christian morality
On Antichrist Superstar - Guitar World Magazine December 1996 MM:"I consider -it to be a record about individuality and personal strength, putting yourself through a
lot of temptations and torments, seeing your own death and growing from it. In the
end it has an even positive, even Christian element to it. But it's by seeing everything
)else that you get to that point. It's our Alpha and Omega.(Beginning and End
Awaken the Individual - Guitar World December 1996 MM:"The mythology of the -Antichrist could be as something or someone disbelieving in God. They Make
themselves and Antichrist as well. I look at myself as the person to awaken
individuals. The record is a different interpretation of the classic story in the Holy
".Bible of the fallen Angel
Antichrist Superstar - Circus Magazine February 18 1997 MM:"The record is about -seeing death and growing from it. In the end, It's about being Strong and being Alive.
I know there are so many people out there who are so ready to jump on me and blame
".me for teen suicide when that's the farthest thing from my intentions
You've said that Antichrist Superstar was going to change the world, the way that -the Manson murders did during the Summer of Love. Has it? - Penthouse Magazine
May 1997 MM:"I think it is, and will continue to do that. The media and politics
really made Charles Manson the scapegoat for a whole generation, and I see that tag
".being placed on me. And it's a tag I've almost accepted with Antichrist Superstar
Generation - Penthouse Magazine May 1997 MM:"What Antichrist Superstar will -do in the next five years, you know, to my generation, is that it will make people
".realize the old ways are dead and there's time to be strong
Antichrist Superstar - Kerrang Magazine December 1996 MM:"You wont get to see -Antichrist Superstar at his greatest, but even at it's weakest, it'll still be greater than
".most things you'll ever see
Do you think Portrait of an American Family is a lot more angrier than Antichrist -Superstar? MM:"It's bleaker, you know, because there's a lot of moments of true
pessimism, but I think in the end there is a shed of light at the end of the tunnel but it's
"for everybody to find on their own
Is Marilyn Manson a Racist? - Guitar World Magazine MM:"It's beyond fascism -and it's beyond racism and sexism. If you were to say "I like only white people."
There's a bunch of white people that suck and make it under the fence and they get a
free ride. So I couldn't possibly like only white people. I judge people on their
intelligence and on their personality. I think the only thing that counts in the world is
what you can contribute to society. That's why in a perfect world, America would be
run by artists, musicians, writers, and people of that nature because these are the
".people that make the world worth living
God - Penthouse Magazine May 1997 MM:"If I believed in an outside force that we -wanted to call God - and I believe that there is one. I think God would appreciate what
".I say, because I can't see God wanting to create a world full of idiots
God - Raygun Magazine Dec/January 1998 MM:"I'm not against God. I'm against .the Misuse of God
God - Long Hard Road out of Hell - His Book - Page 192 MM:"God works in -".mysterious ways
Religion - Rolling Stone Magazine - May 28, 1998 MM:"You can easily find more -.spirituality in art than in religion
Man's Soul - Hit Parader Magazine, September 1997 MM:"There is Good and Evil -within all of us. I enjoy searching to bring that out through music. I like it that there
are questions brought out by the music. People must look inside themselves for the
answers. People are so scared of acknowledging that there is an Evil side to man's
".soul just as there is a Good side
Satan - Movie Mirror Magazine October 1997 MM:"I've never been or never will be -".a Satan Worshipper, or someone who worships the Devil
Ripping Up Bibles - August 13, 1997 - Politically Incorrect TV Show. MM:"They're -designed to make people Think. But the point with the Bible or a flag is to say, 'It's
only as valid as you make it in your heart.' A piece of paper or a piece of cloth doesn't
mean anything. It's what you believe and I want people to think about what they
believe. I want them to consider if everything they've been taught, if that's what they
".want to believe or if that's what they've been told that they have to believe
Jesus Christ - Winston Salem, N.C. April 19, 1997 MM:"A long time ago, there was -"!a man as misunderstood as we are and they nailed him to a fucking cross
Is it harder to be an American Teenager now than it was in the past? --RIP Magazine -November 96 MM:"Yes there's to much information. People are open to so many
things to worry about. Prior to television, people didn't know how ugly the world was
because they never had the chance to see it. People didn't know how ugly auto
accidents were. People didn't get to see the effects of disease in full color. Children
".today are very desensitized
Desire to be Pure again.- Details Magazine December 1996 MM:"My desire is to be -pure again and not dirtied by the world. But it's my duty to be as ugly and as filthy as
".I am, so the audience can experience what I have
On America - Metal Hammer Magazine MM:"I'm everything they're afraid of. -Everything they hate. Everything they try and hide, and a lot more besides, I speak my
mind and show people what's out there in reality. They're using me as a boogyman,
".but I'm reflecting it all back like a mirror
Your reality - Underscope Magazine November 1995 MM:"If your reality is the -".same as my reality, then you're in trouble
Stupidity - Rolling Stone Magazine January 23 1997 MM:"There's always been this -"underlying theme in the stuff I do. It's teaching people not to be so stupid
How would you react if some kid did something tragically stupid as a direct result of -?his exposure to a Marilyn Manson album or concert
Kerrang Magazine December 14 1996 MM:"I'd feel like they'd proven my point by -mis-perceiving me. If somebody were to kill themselves or somebody else, that would
just go to show how ignorant people were raised. You know. If they had to use a rock
song as an excuse to not go on living, it's pretty weak. I'm creating music, and I'm
saying what I experience and what's on my mind. How somebody relates to it is
purely up to them. If people want to be like me then they should be themselves
".because ultimately that's what I'm doing
Stupid weak people - RIP magazine February 1995 MM:"I don't really have a place -in my heart for stupid or weak people. There's to many people in the world, and they
".need to make way for the people who can actually contribute something to society
Ideal Utopia - Capitol BRM MM:"I think my ideal utopia would be to surround -myself with people who are intelligent and responsible for themselves and not what
".television might want to impress on them. That would be my criteria for intelligence
Things have gone to far - Spin Magazine March 1997 MM:"There's days when I'd -love everybody to realize that things have gone to far and that we need to be born
again. So that we can appreciate the little things. Then there's other days when I think
the world deserves to be destroyed. Why should I help anybody? Everybody's stepped
".on me my whole life. I've put on this crown, but I'm not sure If I want it
Love/Hate - SLC "F" Magazine MM:"A lot of people think that I hate everything, -".but there's some things in life that I love, and the things I do love are very important
About the Internet - SLC "F" Magazine MM:"I'm not really into the internet, it just -seems to be a gossip column for people who have nothing else to do with their lives,
".but I'm sure they can turn it into something good eventually
A lot of what the album is about seems to be attempting to change peoples -perspectives, which I think is a very interesting concept. Is that why the album, you
can enjoy it on many different levels? - MTV Europe, Headbangers Ball December 12
1996 MM:"I hope so, I mean, I don't expect everyone to get something, you know,
deep out of it. Some people can just listen to it for the music or get their aggressions
out, but I think with any great painting or movie or album, or whatever, it's better if
people can take what they need from it, that they're not expected to get some
.particular message
Would you like to have a family someday? MM:"I like the idea. I don't know if it's -something that could come true or work out possibly. I don't know if I would want to
"bring a kid into the world, but I would like the opportunity to be a father
Understand Manson - Rolling Stone Magazine January 23 1997 MM:"I have people -come up to me and ask me if they can cut me while I cut them, or if I can put out a
cigarette on their face. I can understand that people are trying to make a first
impression, but I think a lot of people don't understand what Marilyn Manson is
".about
Stupid People - Capitol Ballroom November 9 1995 MM:"I don't think stupid -".people should breed
Church of Satan - Huh Magazine October 1996 MM:"I don't want people to mis--".conceive me as a spokesperson for the Church of Satan
Smoking - Underscope Magazine MM:"I don't believe in cigarettes, in fact when -people smoke, I can't hear what they're saying. I've fine tuned myself to shut out the
".words of smokers. So I miss out on a lot of conversations
Innocent - Rolling Stone January 23 1997 MM:"In many ways, I wish that I could -start all over and once again appreciate the taboos. It would be great to be innocent
".again
Only thing he fears - MTV Europe Headbangers Ball December 10 1996 -MM:"Usually if I'm afraid, I just take it on. I do it, then I'm not afraid of it anymore. I
think the only thing I fear is failure. So I just try my hardest to do the best at what I
".do
Killing - America Online Interview MM:"I don't advocate killing, but killing is -killing. Except I don't believe that what Charles Manson did is any worse than what
".my dad did in Vietnam. At least Manson had a reason
Why do you do this? - America Online Interview MM:"Because it's the only way I -".can deal with life
Rock Star - Access Magazine November 1996 issue 20 MM:"I've always wanted a -lot of people to hear what I have to say. I've always wanted to be a rock star. It wasn't
something that I was trying to avoid, because I think people need an anti-hero to come
".along and show them the other side and the more people that hear that the better
Journalism - Request Magazine MM:"I even considered being a journalist, but I -".realized that I wanted to have people write about me, instead of write about them
Sweet Dreams - Request Magazine MM:"Sweet dreams was a carefully placed piece -of cheese on a rat trap. That lured in a lot of people that wouldn't of normally heard of
Marilyn Manson. But in that they got their neck snapped on the rat trap. They didn't
".bargain for the other stuff they were gonna get
Being Moody - Request Magazine MM:"I only know I'm moody because people tell -me I am. I know it's hard for people to have a relationship with me, because my
moods change so drastically. I can be very pissed off, and turn that off in a minute and
be in a good mood again. It can go the other way too. I guess I'm just very sensitive to
what goes on around me. People expect me to be insensitive because of my extreme
behavior, but it's really a reflection of how sensitive I am. If I wasn't sensitive, I
".wouldn't be so pissed off and feel so strong about things
Memory - MTV Europe Headbangers Ball December 10 1996 MM:"I try to do -".things in a way that people remember' em and that makes people Think
Do you want to become innocent again? - Guitar School Magazine MM:"That's -what 'Smells Like Children' was about. It was a metaphor for wanting to be a kid
again, and wishing that I hadn't been exposed to all the things I have been exposed to,
".so that I once again could be pure
What is the source of your energy? - Guitar School Magazine MM:"It would be -easier to say what isn't the source. It's everything. I'm a person who watches
everything. When I go places I watch people. I listen to what my dreams are doing. I
listen to voices on cellular phones that I'm not suppose to be hearing. I listen to
conversations people have. I'm in tune with everything. When you get to the
frequency where everything is audible to you, then you find everything really ties
together. It can be scary for some people, but if you're a part of it, it's kind of
".exciting
The World - Guitar School Magazine MM:"The world doesn't revolve around the -sun, it revolves around a giant cock. That is what the world is about. It's about sex.
Anybody who doesn't want to realize this is fooling themselves. People are bored
because they've done everything they can do. So now the fear of death is the only
thing that gets them excited. That's why some people have made me into some type of
".sex symbol. I'm death on wheels the way I look
Ideas growing up MM:"I had lots of different ideas but no real way to express them, -".and I decided that music would be the way to make them last forever
Good & Evil - Huh Magazine October 1996 MM:"Good and Evil is the balance that -makes a person. People have the potiental to be good, but man as an animal is, by
".nature, evil because it's the whole Garden of Eden thing, man chose the wrong path
About his parents - Huh Magazine October 1996 MM:"I don't think they understand -".everything I do
Jeans - Kerrang Magazine November 1996 MM:"The most outrageous thing I could -imagine ever doing is putting on a pair of jeans and going to the shopping mall for my
".lunch. That would be pretty gross
Hating the way Marilyn Manson looks MM:"That's not wrong, that's a part of -human nature. The old saying of looks don't matter, I don't agree with that. It's very
important. The way you look is how you represent yourself to people and that's why I
look the way I do. I want people to know what I'm about by looking at me. So if they
see a picture and they don't like it. Maybe they're not supposed to, it's not right for
".them. I don't disrespect them
Young Teens or Pre Teens listening to Marilyn Manson - Metal Maniacs Magazine -Feb 1997 MM:"That's the age when I think people are really trying to find themselves
".and are looking to find an icon. It's the same age when I got into music
Do your fans become scared, converted, entertained or what? - Guitar School -Magazine MM:"It's like an amusement park. It's part of people nature to be attracted
to their own death and to fear. That's why this record is three cycles of death
happening, and that's why people will gravitate toward it. Whether in outrage or in
".open arms, people will gravitate toward it
To the Fans - Circus Magazine January 1997 MM:"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
So what do you hate? - Details Magazine December 1996 MM:"I hate when I go -somewhere and people are smiling and laughing and having a good time. It makes me
".depressed
Something Important to do - Details Magazine December 1996 MM:"I've had this -".sense since I was a kid that I've got something important to do
What's left to do for the twenty first century? - Details Magazine December 1996 -MM:"We can't go any further without starting over. It's like what sexual positions are
left, what other violence can you show, what other drugs can you do, what other thing
can you get pierced? It's all been done. Sickly enough, maybe we can all be excited by
".the taboos once again
Till then what is your guilty pleasure? - Details Magazine December 1996 -".MM:"Watching the 700 club hoping they'll mention me
What shocks you? - Guitar World December 1996 MM:"I get shocked by people -smoking cigarettes sometimes. I get shocked by watching talk shows. Peoples
moralities are so far below what I would consider standard. SAT results should be
directly linked to a death sentence. Those who don't reach a certain score would be
".executed
Life - Hit Parader Magazine December 1996 MM:"Everything I possess is about -".appreciating life and not wasting it
The Band - Hit Parader Magazine December 1996 MM:"I am only 27. We are a -young band with a very long way to go. I have always loved that general icon impact.
We hope to be around for a long time to come but we still need to establish ourselves
".in a way that those great people have inspired us
The song title "Man That You Fear" - Metal Edge Magazine January 1997 MM:"It's -accepting things for the way that they are and whether that's dying in the world, or if
it's being born again or whatever. That's going to be for people to decide how they
want to really apply that, but for me that was the way for me to finish this whole
".thing
Children - RIP Magazine November 1996 MM:"I've found fantasy television shows -to be a greater escape. The imagination is something that should be appreciated.
That's why I think children are innately magic, because they realize the power of their
".minds and haven't been de-purified by television
Creativity - Huh Magazine October 1996 MM:"If someone listen's to our music, and -".it makes them creative, that makes me happier than anything
End of the World -Metal Edge January 1997 MM:"The end of the world was always -something that fascinated me since I was 13, because I was told that it was coming. I
kept staying up every night being terrified about the end of the world and at some
point when I finally realized that it wasn't happening I guess I almost became what I
".was afraid of
You've been in the Fan position? - Metal Edge Magazine January 1997 MM:"Yeah -".and have been scarred by other bands the same way people have been scarred by me
Grandfather - Spin Magazine March 1997 MM:"He had this train set in his -basement, and when he turned on the train, it was to mask the sound of his
masturbating. I would tell my parents, but nobody would believe me. He was the one
who convinced me that things were supposed to be pure and American. But they
".weren't
Fans - Spin Magazine March 1997 MM:"No matter how much they love you, they -.want a tragedy
Do you want to be remembered? - RIP Magazine November 1996 MM:"Absolutely. -I believe your remembrance is your immortality. What you leave in this world is that
".part of you that lives on forever
Being Lonely with an Imagination - Metal Edge Magazine January 1997 MM:"I -think that when you're a lonely person, your imagination is your best friend. So I think
".it comes from that, my childhood
As a Kid - Huh Magazine October 1996 MM:"Escapism was what it was about for -me. I didn't really like and wasn't the person that I wanted to be in the world, so I was
".the person I wanted to be in my own head
Something Strong - Huh Magazine October 1996 MM:"I don't care if something's -good or bad or if it's Christian or Anti-Christian. I want something that's strong,
".something that believes in itself
How do you see yourself 5 years from now? - Hit Parader Magazine December 1996 -MM:"Either dead or the biggest rock band in the world. We'll see what happens. We
".know our fans will be there for us
Tidal Waves - CMJ January 1997 MM:"Without being self agrandizing. I've seen -the little tidal waves that I've caused in the music industry, and how people are
becoming more evolved in their images. And there are a lot of new Marilyn
Mansonesque people, but I don't get mad at those things. It's like there's one real
".Santa Claus, but there's a lot of fake ones at the mall
Human Shit - Kerrang Magazine December 14 1996 MM:"I've never smoked human -".shit, but I'm willing to try
Imagination - Kerrang Magazine December 14 1996 MM"Well I hope that with our -music we can inspire other people to be creative and to use their imagination, because
it is something that is so lacking nowadays. You have virtual reality, MTV, video
games and VCR's. Nobody really wants to think about things or create things. You
".have programs on a computer which will write a poem for you
Beautiful People - CMJ January 1997 MM"The Beautiful People is a statement on -the fascism of beauty. With commercialism and television, everything's completely
dictated to you, and if you don't fit into the status quo. You're made to feel not as
".good as everyone else
Criticism - Hit Parader Mgazine February 1997 MM:"I could care less about what -people in the music business have to say, or what they think of me or my music. The
music on our record speaks for itself. Were happy with it and that's enough. So far our
".fans seem to be happy too. That's all that really matters
Critics - Hit Parader Magazine February 1997 MM:"It doesn't bother me because -".I've never been bothered by what critics say
What would you be doing if you weren't in music? - Zine September 24 1994 -MM:"I think I might be a third grade teacher or a TV evangelist. Something where I
".could be getting at peoples minds when they're most vulnerable
What does your Mom make of all of this? - Guitar World Magazine MM:"She's very -supportive. She feels responsible, so she has no other choice but to accept it. It's a
whole other story if I gotta talk about my mom. She doesn't play guitar so I shouldn't
".say anything
What scares you. - September 24 1994 MM:"Probably myself. The fear of losing -control of myself. That's probably my biggest fear. I hate weak people. I always try to
".be in control of my life. I think my biggest fear is being weak
How would you raise your kids? - September 24 1994 MM:"Yeah I do want to have -kids someday and I would show them everything. I wouldn't hold anything back from
them. I think if you show kids reality and stop trying to protect them from it, then they
".can handle it
What influences your music? - CFNY May 30 1996 MM:"I'm influenced by -everything I see around me. I take in a lot. I'm kind of a observer, I like to sit around
and watch people. I like to see how people do things. I try to put myself through a lot
of different experiences so I can learn from them. I've done a lot of things in my time,
done a lot of drugs, done a lot of messed up things, and gone through it and seen it all,
and been back and I feel like I've got a good outlook on everything now that I've
experienced everything. So I just try and take everything in. There's no one thing that
".inspires me
Raising Children - Mmslgrl December 4 1996 - Twiggy Ramirez TR:"We want to -".raise the children the parents aren't raising
I guess Marilyn Manson isn't really Politically Correct at all? - Mmslgrl December 4 -1996 TR:"We aren't any Ism's or Ist's either. We aren't racist. We just are. We just
exist. That's why we did the song Rock and Roll Nigger. That's how we feel. I think
we're more outcast than any group of people. No one cares about kids like us. We are
".outcasts. I identify with artists like Dr. Dre more than I do with any other bands
MM:"I think every man and woman is a star. It's just a matter of realizing and -becoming it. It's all a matter of willpower. The world is just how you see it. If you
want to have other people tell you how to see it, then you can. But if you want to look
at it differently, then it's limitless what you can do. That's why I don't feel the need to
".be one person. I can be as many people as I like
MM:"I hate sports, in fact I don't even acknowledge they exist." --A Message in -their Work? SUB-TEXT - MTV Europe December 10 1996 MM:"I hope so, I mean I
don't expect everyone to get something deep out of it. Some people can just listen to
the music, or get their aggressions out, but I think with any great painting or movie,
album or whatever it is. It's better if people can take what they need form it. That
".they're not forced to get some particular message
Selling Souls / Fallen Angel - CFNY May 30 1996 MM:"Well that's absolutely true, -I , of course did sell my soul to get to this place. But the thing is, you have to
understand that that's what it's about. If you don't get your message across to people,
".then what's the point of having a message
Selling Souls / Fallen Angel - Guitar School Magazine Marilyn Manson Is the fact -that you are a kingpen of rebellion a sign that the world is ending or what?
MM:"Absolutely. Things need to go to a point of extremism in order to be Bornagain. Things need to go past that point as far as they can go, and then we'll become
innocent again. It's my job to sort of cleanse the world of all its sins. I'm offering
".myself up as a sacrifice to the world to become innocent again
You are calling for Armageddon. Why would you want the world to end? - Guitar -World MM:"Because the way it is. It's not a great place anymore and it can't be. I'm
sure it would have been much more enjoyable to be alive in the fifties, when there
was at least an illusion of purity, and things that were taboo had such a great power to
them. I think it was a time when magic was really alive. There's no imagination
anymore. It was eliminated with video games and VCR's. I'm only necessary because
of the way the world is. Well, maybe if I manage to make the world a better place
".then maybe I'd want to have a kid
On Serial Killers - Underscope Magazine MM:"It's not out of the question. If I -hadn't found a way to express myself through music. Then I could have ended up that
way. They're just people. There's not much that separates us from them. That's why
.people are so fascinated with them
Films MM:"Films and things like that are really my first love, so when we get to -make videos, it's just as important as the song. To me it's not a commercial, for me it's
a whole work of art on its own. So we plan on working on a movie and things like that
".in the future
Movie - Guitar World December 1996 MM:"I saw a movie yesterday that made me -feel like I wasn't out of my mind. I believe that when you give your imagination
enough room to run wild, the border between what's real and what's not can be
crossed and interchanged and swapped. Even something as stupid as that Walt Disney
movie, The Santa Clause has a theme that belief is really what makes things real.
".That's a key to everything we do
Music Videos - Kerrang Magazine December 14 1996 MM:"We actually didn't -spend as much money as you might imagine on videos. The thing we've always done
is if you're given less money and less time to work, you're always more creative. And
I've always liked to be a big part of the visual element of the videos. Because it's us
".we're presenting, not just some directors idea of what the song is
Creating a Character MM:"Right as a writer, Antichrist Superstar was something -that was created and then it's something that then created where it came from. If you
create a personality that's all powerful and all knowing then it has the power to control
".and create the person who made it at the same time
Madonna - RIP Magazine November 1996 MM"At first she wasn't accepted and -neither was I but any pioneer has to take a few arrows in his back in order for others
to follow. And in history, any form of art, ideology, or religion that have been against
".the status quo, people have always tried to keep it down. But Time changes that
Delusional Self MM:"Coincidence happens a lot, as does deja vu. I suffer from the -psychological problem known as "Delusional Self" when you believe that every
coincidence in your life is related. I don't consider it to be a disorder. I consider it a
".higher form of awareness
Shock - Guitar World Magazine December 1996 MM:"If I wanted to be purely -shocking I could do much more that would be offensive. I just try to express myself in
a particular way that grabs peoples attention. But it's never about shock value. It's a
vehicle to express myself and get people to listen. There's so much out there to see,
you really have to make things powerful in order for them to leave a mark. Everybody
has an image. Ours is just more flamboyant. There are much more bands out there that
have much more stronger and offensive images than we do. But the thing is. Nobody
".cares because they don't have the same songs to support it
Dealing with Marilyn Manson - Movie Mirror presents Marilyn Manson Magazine - -October 1997 MM:"I think that unfortunately for America, Marilyn Manson is much
more bigger and more dangerous than Satan because it's real and its here and it's
".something that they have to deal with
Mental Apocalypse- British Interview Nme, August 30th, 1997 MM:"I felt desirable -to bring about an apocalypse on a mental level, to kill of all the old ways and finally
".to believe in yourself. If there is a God then he is a part of you
Irony- British Interview Nme, August 30th, 1997 MM:"Yeah, That's the irony of it, -you know. Europeans understand irony a lot better than the Americans do. I think,
from what I've seen, everybody but Americans understand what's wrong with
America. But for me everything that's wrong with America is what what I like about
it. I don't hate America, I don't even hate Christians. Just the fact that fascist America
".has deformed the true meaning of what being a Christian is all about
Emotions - British Interview Nme, August 30th, 1997 MM:"I'm not jaded but I'm -not controlled by my emotions. It's not that I'm emotionless, I just have the abililty not
to be controlled by things like love and hate. I think emotions, a lot of the time, are
".what cause so many problems
Artists and Creators - British Interview Nme, August 30th, 1997 MM:"Well, look, if -my ideology is a hand then that's just two fingers. I incorporate a lot of Christian
morality into what I do and in fact a lot of my beliefs are very conservative - like my
desire for the world to be a better place where people use more intelligence. If you
had to condense all that I believe in, it's that responsible, intelligent people should be
allowed to do what they want. That artists and performers and architects, people who
contribute something to the world, that actually have something to say as opposed to a
business man or a politician, say, people who actually contribute to society, the power
should be traded. The creators are always suppressed - other than the placebo 'fame'
that they're always given. I don't really suggest any solution - that we could all kick
them out of their positions of power and take over. It's just the idea that if you enjoy
".what you do, that's why you should do it
Fascist America- British Interview Nme, August 30th, 1997 MM:"It's also about -everybody's need to be accepted. The idea of beauty in America is so fascist because
you've got commercials constantly telling you that if you don't look this way or drive
this car then you're not going to be accepted by your peers. If you grow up with that
".constantly it starts to affect you
Michael Jackson- British Interview Nme, August 30th, 1997 MM:"In terms of real -Satanism - not the Hollywood version - I think the most Satanic thing you can do is to
be in a pop band. Michael Jackson, for example, is far more Satanic than I am on so
many levels. In his greatness, his achievement, his ability to manipulate people. In a
".way I respect everything that he's done. But that's what makes him great
Power is Empty- British Interview Nme, August 30th, 1997 MM:"A lot of that is -about resenting vulnerability and about wanting to become more powerful but
".realizing that when you do become more powerful that it is empty
Jerry Maguire- Nme Student Guide -27th September 1997 MM:"I wouldn't have any -porno films, but I would have a copy of Jerry Maguire - I think it's essential for any
video collection. It's against everything I stand for, but I love that movie in a strange,
".backwards way
Are you romantic?- Vox Magazine October 1997 MM:"I think I am, in a strange -way. Probably not in the same way that other people are. Not in conventional terms at
least, but I like to do interesting things for people I'm attracted to, I guess. I try to take
them to interesting places. But I guess it would be more like something you would
".read in a horror novel than a romance novel
What's the closest you've ever been to death?- Vox Magazine October 1997 MM:"I -don't drive a vehicle anymore, but on one of the very last times I did so I was going to
visit a friend and I was carrying with me a small snake, and the car burst into flames,
and the brakes didn't work, and I had to pull off onto the side of the road. So it all
ended up with me standing on the side of the road, holding a snake, and my car was
".on fire
".What's your worst habit?- Vox Magazine October 1997 MM:"Doing press--
Do you favour a particular brand of cosmetics?-Vox Magazine October 1997 MM:"I -".usually use Mac cosmetics. It's a brand favoured by all the major supermodels
Who has been the biggest influence on your career?- Vox Magazine October 1997 -MM:"Usually the Christians, I suppose. I think because, if I hadn't gone to a private
Christian school, I'd never have built up enough animosity to want to have started a
band. And now that I have one, the fact that they are giving me such resistance and
publicity, they have made me far bigger than they'd ever have wanted me to have
".become. So I guess in a strange way the Christians have influenced me the most
How do you relax?- Vox Magazine October 1997 MM:"I guess I would just drink a -bottle of wine, if I'm feeling a little more sophisticated. Other than that, I'd probably
take some painkillers, drink a bottle of Jack Daniels and smash a few things until I
".finally pass out
What is your proudest sporting achievement?- Vox Magazine October 1997 -MM:"I'm most proud of not liking sports. That would be my proudest achievement,
because America is so wrapped up in sports and sports figures. But I don't believe in
".them, and when I see it I just pretend like it doesn't exist
Positive things- Kerrang Magazine- 20th September 1997 MM:"There's definitely -ritual in music, it just depends if artists are smart enough to use it or not. Anything
from a sporting event to a totalitarian rally to a rock concert has a lot of energy, which
can be either chaotic or focused. When you focus it, it has a lot of power. A lot of
people have learned to do that over the years for evil purposes, whether it be Julius
Caesar, Stalin or Hitler. Others, whether it be me, Madonna or Elvis Presley -have
".used it for positive things
Fitting In - Kerrang Magazine- 20th September 1997 MM:"I grew up feeling like I -could never fit in no matter how hard I tried. One day, I realised that I didn't want to
fit in. I could make my own standards and I'd live by them. That's what I try to tell
people. Don't be afraid to say what's on your mind, and if it pisses someone off that's
".too bad. If you make everybody happy, you're an idiot
Why do you think rock musicians are attracted to the darker side?- Kerrang -Magazine - 20th September 1997 MM:"Because the darker element is in everything,
and some people are more willing to acknowledge it than others. It's strange for me,
because I live in a different world to most people. They come up to me and say, 'Why
is your performance so violent, dark and hateful?', and to me it's not. To me, it's very
normal. At times, I feel like I'm beyond other people's experience. Like I've been
".through things they'll never go through
Open Minds- Kerrang Magazine- 20th September 1997 MM:"I think anyone who -has any sense of open-mindedness can relate to a lot of what I say, because it boils
down to isolation and the feeling of not being able to fit in. Some people don't ever
deserve to understand, but those people are necessary. Because what Christianity
started out as wasn't anything more than what we saw at the show today. It was one
person getting up and saying what he felt, and a lot of people going, 'Yeah, I feel that
".too.' Jesus was the first rock star, the first sex symbol and the first icon
Values- Kerrang Magazine - 20th September 1997 MM:"You just have to have a -personal code. A lot of people probably assume that I have no values, but I do. If
anything, I'm rather conservative. I try not to judge people for what they look like. I
like to get to know somebody before I form an opinion on them. I think that's almost
liberal. I'm not a malicious person . But the golden rule is, 'Do unto others as they do
".unto you.' You always have to assume that people are generally bad by nature
Determination- Kerrang Magazine- 20th September 1997 MM: "I don't think there's -anything I want that I can't have, and that's the bottom line. Whether it takes a day or
a year, I get what I want. It's up to you whether you want to call that magic or
determination, but it's a matter of will power and self-belief. I think everybody has
that ability, but mankind is too busy playing with computers and watching TV to tap
into their own power. Why fuck with virtual reality when you can have super-reality
"?in your own life
Do you think curses work?- Kerrang Magazine- 20th September 1997 MM:"I think -".so. I think karma is a pussy way of looking at energy
Charles Manson has always said that he still believes he's living in the desert, not a -prison cell.- Kerrang Magazine- 20th September 1997 MM:"I think Charles Manson
had a lot of intelligent ways of looking at things. Maybe he went wrong at some point
and expressed himself in the wrong way, but I think he started off on the right track.
Everybody becomes a product of their own personal likes and dislikes. Someone like
Hitler disliked his father, so he wanted to take it out on an entire race of people. Once
you start being controlled by your own personal feelings, that's when you could
become an evil person. But I've tried my hardest to stay true to what I think. I mean,
when I was growing up I didn't like my dad and he was a furniture salesman, but I
don't want to go out and kill all furniture salesmen. I just want to be a better person,
and I want other people to be better people. I want people to be strong. I'm sick of
living with weak people. But with great power comes responsibility. If you're going to
have the power to control other people, then you have to be responsible and act
accordingly. For instance, if you had the power to read someone's mind, you'd have to
deal with what you see intelligently. That's why the only faith I have is in other life,
like angels. There's something there to be looked at, because so many cultures and so
many people can't have the same vision without there being something out there. Man
is still at the learning stage, and mankind is so arrogant to think that he's the highest
form of evolution on earth. There's so much of the brain that we still don't use, and
".that's all I ever try to do - go to the next level
Do you think what you see in hallucinations is really there?- Kerrang Magazine- -20th September 1997 MM:"I don't think there's any such thing as hallucinations.
Dreams are just another dimension of reality. This could be a hallucination. I may
".wake up tomorrow and be 12 years old, sitting on my bed wishing I was a rock star
Do you believe in ghosts?- Kerrang Magazine- 20th September 1997 MM: "There's -".a lot of things that can't be explained. Maybe ghosts are misperceived as angels
Mankind - Kerrang Magazine- 20th September 1997 MM:"Besides, man by nature -will always destroy himself." MM:"I don't really have any place in my heart for stupid
or weak people. I try my hardest to be a strong person. I think with anyone, the thing
that they hate are their own fears, and I guess through a little bit of self-analysis, I've
realised that I have a fear of being a weak person. So Marilyn Manson is a bit of a
challenge to people's intelligence. It's almost a little bit of a science project to see how
far I can push you, and see exactly what kind of a reaction I can get. If you listen to
Marilyn Manson and you decide to go off and commit some act of violence, or you
decide to kill yourself, then that's a responsibility you need to take for yourself, that's
nothing you can put off on me or off on the television or anything like that. If anyone,
your parents should be responsible for raising you to be an idiot, so that you will be
influenced so easily by someone in a band. I've never gone out and told anyone to
commit these acts, but if somebody kills themselves because of our music, then that's
one less stupid person in the world. There are too many people in the world, and they
need to make way for the people who actually can contribute something to society. If
you've got that kind of mentality where you would so easily be swayed, then you have
no contribution, you have no place to stand in my 'movement', if you want to call it
".that
Is there a hint of Charles Manson in any of your philosophy? Is he influential on -Marilyn Manson?- RIP Magazine February 1995 by Jim Rose MM:"Absolutely. I
think Charles Manson is the greatest rock star of all time. He was all about music. He
never even had to have a hit and he's one of the biggest stars that you could ever find.
That's something that we can thank America for, whether you like it or not, America
put him there. Charles Manson was saying a lot of things that are not unlike what I'm
saying today. There's a lot of irony in the way things have come into play, there's an
irony in the fact that 25 years ago there was the same kind of tensions socially,
racially. There was the same threat of war, there was Woodstock, there was a lot of
hypocrisy with the hippie culture and their seed o' love bullshit. Hippie, short for
hypocrite, of course. A lot of people don't want to look into what he had to say,
because of what he did, but I think it's important to point out that what he did is really
no different than what my father did in Vietnam - my father killed people, he didn't
believe in it. Charles Manson killed people, he at least believed in it - that he had a
reason for it. Neither one is right or wrong, it just is. Killing is killing, there's no
difference. Society makes one person a hero and another person a criminal, it's just a
popularity contest. Morality is decided by the man with the most artillery. That's
pretty much my view on Charles Manson. Good and evil, God and Satan - these
words can all be used to replace Marilyn Manson. It's all about that balance of give
".and take, and the push and pull. That's where real power can be found
Meaning in the Music- RIP Magazine February 1995 by Jim Rose MM:"I think that -if our music didn't mean anything to anyone, we wouldn't be having this conversation
right now. I don't think that people would want to hear what I had to say if they didn't
like our music. At the same time, I don't want people to just get away with just liking
".our music. They need to accept the baggage that comes along with it
Raising your Children- RIP Magazine February 1995 by Jim Rose MM:"The -message that I'm sending out to them is 'raise your kids better or I'll be raising them
".for you
I notice everywhere your tour bus goes, teams of girls are coming up to the bus. Just -what is the sexual attraction of your band?- RIP Magazine February 1995 by Jim Rose
MM:"That's a good question. I try to present myself in a very unattractive manner, so
that surprises me whenever that happens. Maybe our fans are starting to fall into the
ideal of Marilyn Manson and finding beauty in things that the rest of America or
society decides is ugly. I don't think that I'm a very attractive person, but if someone
were to say that I was, initially I almost take that to offense, but then I realise that
".maybe they're much like me and they find beauty in awkward places
If you could be or do anything, have anything you want, what would you do?- RIP -Magazine February 1995 by Jim Rose MM:"I think I'm living that right now. I'm not
unsatisfied in any way with my present status. However, I know that when I retire I'll
either become a third-grade teacher or a TV evangelist so that I could further the scam
that tends to keep perpetuating itself in America. I think what would be really
enjoyable when I retire. I would feign being a Born-again Christian and I would get
people's money to help me stop other bands like Marilyn Manson, but secretly I
would be funding other bands like Marilyn Manson. And that would be the ultimate
".thing to pull across in America
Is Marilyn Manson a cartoon?- RIP Magazine February 1995 by Jim Rose MM: I -think the entire world is a badly drawn cartoon and we happen to be the only real
".characters walking around in it
What do you think God hears from you?- Penthouse Magazine May 1997 MM:"If I -believed in an outside force that we wanted to call God - and I believe that there is
one, maybe it's not necessarily supposed to be worshiped - I think it would appreciate
".what I say, because I can't see God wanting to create a world full of idiots
Victims - Penthouse Magazine May 1997 MM:"We live in a society of -victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimised than
".actually standing up for themselves
Do you vote? - Penthouse Magazine May 1997 MM:"No, I didn't vote. The only -way I'd vote was if I was running. People could spend more valuable time buying
rock albums, because it's obvious that music is more powerful than politics, or else
".the President wouldn't have to go on MTV to address anyone
Would you be surprised to discover that the F.B.I. has a file on Marilyn Manson? - -Penthouse Magazine May 1997 MM:"I'm almost positive that they do, not only
because of the subversiveness of a lot of things that I do, but I know that anybody
".who has any affiliation of any sort with Charles Manson has a file
Are you as effective as the original Manson?- Penthouse Magazine May 1997 -MM:"That whole incident in '69 kind of brought an end to the Summer of Love.
Today, with a similar political climate with this pseudo-revival of family values, and
everybody pretending to love everybody, and we all want to hold hands and get along.
I'm think I'm awakening in impressionable people the reality that this is just a bunch
".of bullshit, that it's just another reason to sell a T-shirt
Do you ever watch wrestling?- Penthouse Magazine May 1997 MM:"No, I do like -the aspect that there's some fake violence and the guys are wearing makeup and they
all walk around in underwear. It's very homoerotic, but I don't watch it because it's a
".sport. That, for me, would be a sin, to watch sports
Why do you put backward messages in your songs?- Penthouse Magazine May 1997 -MM:"Mostly because I like to see how far people really want to look into it, but I feel
like the messages that are forward are blatant enough and important enough that I
wouldn't have to hide anything. Whenever I put anything backwards it's just for the
".novelty of it. It's very rock-and-roll
Did you say your prayers when you were a little kid?- Penthouse Magazine May -1997 MM:"Up to a certain point, but I always felt embarrased, like someone else was
listening besides God. I was even told to not let the devil know you're afraid, because
".he can hear your prayers also. That scared and excited me at the same time
Rock N' Roll Image - Penthouse Magazine May 1997 MM:"I think that that's -starting to change, now that image is coming back to music. I even see a lot of bands
now that are influenced by what we do. I think that in the next few year a new life will
".be given to rock-and-roll and it'll be like the seventies
You say that you like being a rock star, like the money, the chicks, the drugs. - -Penthouse Magazine May 1997 MM:"It's everything you've worked for. This album
deals with that whole idea. The last line is, "When all of your wishes are granted,
many of your dreams will be destroyed." So there's a double-edged sword. That's
what makes it exciting. If it was easy, why would I want it? What's fun about
"?something that's easy
Were you popular with girls as a teenager? - Kerrang Magazine May 24, 1997 -MM:"No, I liked them but I didn't have much luck with them. I went through a bit of
a misogynist period, because I was resentful that I didn't have any luck and I had a big
heartbreak, but then I turned to writing and started the band, and that became my
escape from worrying about girls. When you listen to our early songs, there are a lot
".of spiteful lyrics about relationships which comes from that period
The Manic Street Preachers once had a T-shirt bearing the slogan ' All Rock 'N' Roll -Is Homosexual'. Do you agree?- Kerrang Magazine May 24, 1997 MM:"It's part of
finding yourself, when you can identify with an idol and find someone you can
believe in. It goes beyond sexuality, it's something you feel in your heart rather than
your crotch. When I was a kid, I didn't have sexual attractions to bands but I wanted
".to be with them all the time
Do you like the idea of finding a 'significant other?- Kerrang Magazine May 24, -1997 MM:"Yeah, there's a lot of worth to that idea. It's great if you can find someone
to share your problems and the things you care about. It's good to find someone you
".can trust, but that's hard. I don't trust myself, so I find it hard to trust others
Are you still shy around girls?- Kerrang Magazine May 24, 1997 MM:"I'm a shy -person generally, but then a lot of artists and musicians are. I'm comfortable around
girls, but it takes a lot for me to open up to anyone. I've found that a lot of people are
afraid of me, so I have to try harder to overcome the stigma that's attached to my
".image
How do you feel about being a sex symbol?- Kerrang Magazine May 24, 1997 -".MM:"I consider myself to be a death sex symbol
On America - Alternative Press - April 1996 MM:"I think our band is simply -America at its truest. Caffeine, sugar, violence, drugs--these are all the things we were
raised on. And as things start to get more and more out of hand in America,
everyone's trying to take it all back and give you Nutrasweet and PG-13 and safe sex,
but how can they take it away and try to start over? It's like we're listening to a
cassette tape of the end of the world. I just want to fast forward it and turn it up
".louder
Powerful - Alternative Press - April 1996 MM:"I mean, if our music didn't matter, -we wouldn't be sitting here having this conversation. I think anybody can say what I
want to say. Anybody can look like I look. But if the music isn't something that
people can identify with, it's not going to matter. I think in the end Marilyn Manson is
definitely a band, and we like to write songs. But at the same time I think things need
to be powerful, need to hit you in the face these days, because there are so many
things in your face, and everyone's so desensitized. You really need to pummel them
".to get your point across
College Bands- Alternative Press - April 1996 MWG:"Why would I want to look -like I have some kind of office job, like most of those plaid-shirt college bands, when
I'm in one of the only professions there is that allows me to look completely fucking
"!?insane
Getting Into Peoples Minds - Alternative Press- April 1996 MM:"I just like to see -what happens, I'm interested. It's always been a bit of a science project for me: I like
".to find out what scares people, what excites them, what makes them angry
Scapegoat - Alternative Press- April 1996 MM:"People love to scapegoat and shove -.the responsibility off on somebody else