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

It says right here you've got to be saved to go to heaven. But the way I see it, you've only got to be yourself to go to hell.

For me, it's never been an ego situation where I have been "I'm the boss; expletive you." It's always been a situation where someone comes to me and says "I can't tolerate working with you anymore" and I would admit sometimes I wouldn't blame them for that. But I also sometimes think I'm not that difficult to figure out. I don't really know what has driven people to be so angry and bitter - people like my old keyboard player Pogo, who I've known for such a long time. I feel bad for him, but there are grievances with everything.

Rock n roll is about drugs.

I'm absolutely not looking for someone who agrees with me about everything or someone who wants to please me by believing what I believe.

I'm thinking about entering a Marilyn Manson costume contest to see if I lose.

You can find inspiration for man's behaviour wherever you look.