I heard this album as finished, I heard it in dreams . . . It was like the revelations of John the Baptist or something.
Marilyn MansonPeople 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.
Marilyn MansonIf things are too perfect, people are always so afraid that it's going to change, so they ruin it themselves.
Marilyn MansonIt isnโt hard to find a person whom I could fall in love with, to give her romance. But itโs hard to find such a person who would understand your view on life, accept who you really are and would truly care for you.
Marilyn MansonIf God does exist, it's in music and in art, I think there's more spiritually in what I do than in a lot of religious groups judging, especially in the way they've treated me in the past couple of years. I've grown tired of talking about religion. It's time for me to move on. I'm trying to redefine the idea of spirituality and make it now such a bad word for myself, because I find that I sound really stupid saying it sometimes
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