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

I was never afriad of what was under the bed. I wanted it but never got it. I became it.

People tend to associate anyone who looks and behaves differently with illegal or immoral activity.

People drink to numb the pain and suffering. I think it's the pain and suffering that drive you to become an artist. The art itself should be the pain, sort of exorcising every demon and making you feel like you're a person that matters.

I'm not against god, I'm against the misuse of god.

The balance between good and evil, and the choices we make between them, are probably the single most important aspects shaping our personalities and humanity.

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.