Quotes by Marilyn Manson

• People tend to associate anyone who looks and behaves differently with illegal or immoral activity.
• When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.
• 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.
• When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love?
• This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face.
• 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.
• These people are artists. These people are musicians. They're taking it out and trying to express it that way.
• The word 'Antichrist', to me, is the collective disbelief in god.
• 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.
• We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.
• Music is the strongest form of magic.
• 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.
• In the end we're all Jerry Springer Show guests, really, we just haven't been on the show.
• I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference.
• Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference.
• 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.
• 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.
• Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.
• Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining our adults?