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.

Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.

Marilyn Manson has always been intended to confuse some, anger some and make some people feel at home. There's no way to misunderstand what I do - but everyone can understand it differently. That's the only way I've learned to embrace art - it has to be a question mark, not an answer.

Man's greatest fear is chaos.

My mom was always a big fan of Elvis. She made me listen to Elvis when I was a kid. I hated it. And I think now I've kind of grown up to fill in some of the sort of controversy that he created back in his day, but in a much more extreme, modern sense.

Thinking for yourself - that's scarier than any devil image.