Marilyn is real. I wake up and I am Marilyn.

If your reality is the same as my reality, then you're in trouble.

Law is only what is popular. Not what's right or wrong.

Mechanical Animals for me documents the repair of my emotions, the repair of my soul, and this record does deal with God in a different way. It deals with me finding God in art, and in music. I think there's more spirituality in art than you could find in a church

My dad being a salesman taught me you can sell anybody anything if you've got the ability to believe.

People are very surprised to hear me say that a lot of my values are Christian values. I think that's part of my shock. I just don't like the way that Christianity combined with the influence of television has bred a nation of weakness. (Christian television do get the facts wrong sometimes and the image they portray turns most people off.)

This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face.