From Jesse James to Charles Manson, the media, since their inception, have turned criminals into folk heroes.

Art, to me, is a question. It should never be an answer.

The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth.

I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.

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 very apprehensive, mostly because I didn’t want to get caught. By now, I had begun to feel removed from the everyday world of morality. Guilt had become more a fear of getting caught than any sense of right or wrong.

There was definitely a lack of any sort of villain in the Clinton era, which is why when Columbine happened, it was easy to pick on me. My face was around and it made good TV.