If you intend to create something that people will observe and listen to, you've got to listen to them first.

I think confidence is the most appealing quality in any human being or any artist; that's what really attracts us to people.

I think there's a danger with any great art, that if you begin to test your ideas on other people, and get their opinions before making decisions, or if you pay too much attention to what other people say about what you create, that it really pollutes your expression. I think that I'm much more about pure art and honesty and expressing exactly what I feel, and not caring so much what anyone says. However, I do respect, and I do pay attention to everyone's comments. And I do take them into consideration. But I don't base my decisions by it

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

I don't need to drive. I have no business driving. I would never be able to find my keys.

I'm tired of people calling me a devil worshipper. It's kind of pointless you know. Because if the Devil did exist, he'd be worshipping me, because I'm more successful than he is.

The idea of Marilyn Manson has been brewing in my head, one form or another, since I was about 12 years old at a Christian high school in Canton, Ohio.