So anybody with any bit of intelligence has got to be pissed off because if they see how things are in the world they're not going to be happy with it.

It's my job to be the Pierrot, the clown, in the theatrical sense.

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.

A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.

What nearly everybody in my life had misunderstood about Satanism was that it is not about ritual sacrifices, digging up graves and worshipping the devil. The devil doesn't exist. Satanism is about worshipping yourself, because you are responsible for your own good and evil.

The most that I can learn is in records that you burn.

I'm absolutely not looking for someone who agrees with me about everything or someone who wants to please me by believing what I believe.