Marilyn Manson is a criticism of gimmickry, while being itself a gimmick.

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.

I'm absolutely not looking for someone who agrees with me about everything or someone who wants to please me by believing what I believe.

All the seven deadly sins are man's true nature. To be greedy. To be hateful. To have lust. Of course, you have to control them, but if you're made to feel guilty for being human, then you're going to be trapped in a never-ending sin-and-repent cycle that you can't escape from.

Donohue: "It is Christianity that [Manson] hates, and it is Catholicism that he hates most of all. This guy is at war with Christ." Manson: "I can't possibly be at war with Christ, because your religion killed him and what he stood for. But if you want to be at war with me, bring it on."

The first time I performed musically, I threw up.

If you're gonna pretend to be something, then you have to at least live up to what it is.