A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb.

I remember growing up, saying you’re an artist it sounds pretentious but now it’s one of the only dignified things that you can call yourself.

I have something that makes me happy on some level and this is a good way for me to deal with the torment of that teenage life gave me

And that's the type of thing I'm trying to speak out against the most, religion controlling what we see and what we do in our personal lives, even if you're not a part of that religion. Antichrist Superstar[the album] is a challenge really, to traditional morality and it's...to make people question that and make people think about different perspectives.

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

I don't think I have ever tried to create things to encourage people to hurt others, or themselves.

When you grow up in America things like Christianity waters down your feeling... When you're taught to love everybody, taught to love you're enemies, what value does that put on love?