Marilyn Manson Quotes (68 Quotes)

I like to pose the question to myself Am I a man who thinks he's an Angel or an Angel who thinks he's a man.

what happens someday if more people own my record than the bible that will make me god because a lot more people believe in me than him Because itsjust about popularity. ther are plenty of people in the world how have never heard of jesus, while America takes him for granted. The key is to change what is popular. that's why rather than submit to to the mainstream, you have to become it then over come it

As you keep getting more popular people are continually wanting more from you and it seems to me that all they want in the end is your death.

Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.

Have you ever tried riding a pig, painted black, really high on drugs, wearing a cowboy hat

There was a saying that I saw on a packet of sugar and I think anyone can apply it to their life 'Don't bother telling the truth to a friend because he already knows it, and don't bother telling the truth to an enemy because he won't believe it'.

There's days when I'd love for everybody to realize that things have gone too 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.

I'm thankful that I have two middle fingers... I only wish I had more.

i talked to Snoop doggy dogg today. well I'm not sure if you could realy call it talked because I could hardly understand what he was saying. But i think he was trying to communicate was that he wanted to work with me in some sort of capacity and something involving marijuana.

It's like, I guess just being offended by how much everything sucks, I can't help but be in a bad mood all the time.

Music is the strongest form of magic.

Antichrist Superstar is also about me wanting to grow up and be something that people would adore... instead I grew up and became something that people hated.

That's the key. You make your body a place where germs don't wanna live.

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.

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

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.

Those who move beyond the album's title and the most blatent aspect of what I do will then understand what I am trying to say.

I'm everything they are afraid of. Everything they hate. Everything they try to hide and a lot more. Besides, I speak my mind and show people what's out there in reality.

The word 'Antichrist', to me, is the collective disbelief in god.

I've always been paranoid about the police, because even when I'm not doing anything illegal, I'm thinking about doing something illegal. So, whenever I'm around a cop, I get uncomfortable and nervous, worried that I'll say the wrong thing or look so guilty they'll arrest me anyway. Being completely out of my mind on drugs doesn't help the situation any.

My only definition of romance is that somebody has to be willing to hold hands and jump off the cliff with you. At that point, you don't want to die any more.

I fear being like everyone I hate, I fear failure, I fear losing control. I love balancing between chaos and control with everything I do. I always have a fear of going one way or another, getting lost in something, or losing everything to get lost in. And I fear being a completely acceptable sheep in society.

A story might sell if there's a headline like 'Marilyn Manson admits to being Satanic', all the little hypocrits will go and buy the magazine, read about what evil, weird people we are and feel better about themselves.

I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.

We are a positive band and people aren't used 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.

The record is about seeing death and growing from it, and in the end, being strong and being alive.

You can't force someone to see the truth, just like you can't force a blind man to see.

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

I was always trying to do different things to entertain people. And, at the same time I think I was, whether subconsciously or not, trying to get kicked out of school because I hated it so much.

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.

You have to be saved to get into heaven....you only have to be you to get into hell.

It's the whole Nietzche philosophy of you are your own God. That's why I debase myself in the concerts and tell people to spit on me. I'm saying to them 'You are no different from me'.

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

And that's the type of thing I'm trying to speak out against the most, religion controlling what we see and what we do in our personal lives, even if you're not a part of that religion. Antichrist Superstarthe album is a challenge really, to traditional morality and it's...to make people question that and make people think about different perspectives.

I'm not a believer of the 'perfect world' TV tries to feed us.

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.

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.

A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.

According to an official statement, the complaints are from religious preachers who simply want publicity. Marilyn Manson isn't against God, but against organized religion, ... are just like any other heavy metal show, with kids dressed in black with painted faces. They're not dangerous.

the fact that nobody liked me at school began to fade out of my mind like blue magic marker reminders scrawled on the back of a greasy fist.

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.

I speak in reality. I don't try to hide anything from anybody, and that's the most dangerous thing about our music that parents are so afraid of.

In the end we're all Jerry Springer Show guests, really, we just haven't been on the show.

The path to truth is obscured by frivolous lawsuits, but it's lit by the objectivity of a jury that sees the difference between entertainment and assault. I feel completely vindicated and I'd like to thank the jury and judge for their thoughtful verdict.

I live for unpredictability and surprise, and I can assure you that the biggest surprises are still on their way.

People always ask me what advantages fame has started to bring there are always plenty of free drinks, but other times people want to put stuff in your drink to kill you off. They're going to have to try a lot harder if they want to get me.

You should have to pass an IQ test before you breed. You have to take a driving test to operate vehicles and an SAT test to get into college. So why dont you have to take some sort of test before you give birth to children When I am President, thats the first rule I will institute.

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.

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

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.