I try and take everyone's ideals, common morals, flip them around, make people look at them differently, question them, so that you're not always taking things for granted.
Marilyn MansonImage and music always works together for me. I think they're equally important and I've always done things in a way that people remember them by, but I don't set out to just shock people...because that's very easy, a lot of people could do that, I just like to do things the way that makes me happy really. And sometimes that's too much for certain people, but, you know, I try to push the envelope to make the boundaries wider as far as what you can and can't do in music.
Marilyn MansonFor me it's very important to express my thoughts, the pictures I carry inside of me, maybe because it's important to get them out.
Marilyn MansonI fall in love with everything I also hate everything. It’s very hard to be a misanthrope and a romantic.
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