We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.

I think there's a danger with any great art, that if you begin to test your ideas on other people, and get their opinions before making decisions, or if you pay too much attention to what other people say about what you create, that it really pollutes your expression. I think that I'm much more about pure art and honesty and expressing exactly what I feel, and not caring so much what anyone says. However, I do respect, and I do pay attention to everyone's comments. And I do take them into consideration. But I don't base my decisions by it

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

We will no longer be oppressed by the fascism called Christianity. We will no longer be oppressed by the mentality of the police state.

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

I often obsess so much about things that I can't get done, that I ruin other things.

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