The record is about seeing death and growing from it, and in the end, being strong and being alive.

You should have to pass an IQ test before you breed. You have to take a driving test to operate vehicles and an SAT test to get into college. So why don’t you have to take some sort of test before you give birth to children? When I am President, that’s the first rule I will institute.

My feelings are, if you're gonna lead a rock n' roll lifestyle, don't let it affect your work. I know I can stay up all night and still come in the next day and write a song, and nothing will stop me from doing it. I expect the same from everyone else.

Marilyn Manson is a criticism of gimmickry, while being itself a gimmick.

I fall in love very easily.

If you believe in what you're doing, you're going to make money. When you question it, you won't.

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