Marilyn Manson is a mockery of American pop culture.

I did vote Obama. But I've never believed in the authenticity of the two-party system.

What nearly everybody in my life had misunderstood about Satanism was that it is not about ritual sacrifices, digging up graves and worshipping the devil. The devil doesn't exist. Satanism is about worshipping yourself, because you are responsible for your own good and evil.

The imagination is precious. Don't lose it. Don't lose the child in you.

We are our own wicked gods with little 'g's' and big dicks, sadistic and constantly inflicting a slow demise.

I wanna outrace the speed of pain.

If what you do is being threatened as a profession, that could be scary. But that's the same reason why I walked out on stage many times after receiving death threats. I couldn't live without doing what I wanted to do. So at the same time I have to be willing to die for it.