People 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.

My pain's not ashamed to repeat itself

The difference between me as Brian Warner or Marilyn Manson is just words. Same personality, sensibility, sense of humor, behavior. He is me.

It's better to use a curse word than to hurt somebody else, I find.

That becomes the revolution, to be idealistic enough that you think you can change the world, and what you find is you can't change anything but yourself.

You can't force someone to see the truth, just like you can't force a blind man to see.

Just remember when you think you're free, the crack in your heart is me.