My father had a very violent temper, and he was never home. So I was kind of a mama's boy.
Marilyn MansonI talked to Snoop Doggy Dog today. Well I'm not sure if you could really 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.
Marilyn MansonIn music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that's secondary.
Marilyn MansonImage and music always works together for me. I think they're equally important and I've always done things in a way that people remember them by, but I don't set out to just shock people...because that's very easy, a lot of people could do that, I just like to do things the way that makes me happy really. And sometimes that's too much for certain people, but, you know, I try to push the envelope to make the boundaries wider as far as what you can and can't do in music.
Marilyn MansonI always had the desire to entertain people, whether it was to make 'em laugh or to scare 'em or stir things up just to cause problems.
Marilyn MansonMarilyn Manson has always been intended to confuse some, anger some and make some people feel at home. There's no way to misunderstand what I do - but everyone can understand it differently. That's the only way I've learned to embrace art - it has to be a question mark, not an answer.
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