There's a lot of great stories and a lot of great values in the Holy Bible, and I actually relate to a lot of them. The character, the idea, or the part of my personality that I describe as Antichrist Superstar, is a lot like Lucifer in the Bible. Someone who was kicked out of heaven because he wanted to be God

I was always trying to do different things to entertain people. And at the same time, I think, I was, whether subconsciously or not, trying to get kicked out of school because I hated it so much.

Not only are love and hate such closely related emotions, but it's a lot easier to hate someone you've cared about than someone you never have.

I don't think I have ever tried to create things to encourage people to hurt others, or themselves.

In music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that's secondary.

Marilyn Manson is a mockery of American pop culture.

Relationships never break cleanly. Like a valuable vase, they are smashed and then glued back together, smashed and glued, smashed and glued until the pieces just don't fit together anymore.