If anybody wants to be a rock star they've gotta try hard enough. They're not gonna get it handed to them

Music is the strongest form of magic.

I heard this album as finished, I heard it in dreams . . . It was like the revelations of John the Baptist or something.

Fear is something I instill in other people, mostly young girls.

When I was stalking my special lady friend on MySpace, people would always say, 'Is this really Marilyn Manson or some kind of psycho?' And I'm like, 'Both'

There was definitely a lack of any sort of villain in the Clinton era, which is why when Columbine happened, it was easy to pick on me. My face was around and it made good TV.

Why should we believe in a god, that doesnt believe in us?