It's always about being yourself and not being ashamed of being different or thinking different.

Rumors, stories... I'm used to them. I got my ribs removed, I was on 'The Wonder Years'... You know there's a different story every day.

The difference between me as Brian Warner or Marilyn Manson is just words. Same personality, sensibility, sense of humor, behavior. He is me.

It's better to use a curse word than to hurt somebody else, I find.

I can't sleep without the TV on. It doesn't matter where it is. I don't like silence. My ears ring from loud music.

Living in Hollywood, it's easy to have someone flatter you. That doesn't help me.

I don't encourage people to choose any sort of sexuality.