If people really stopped and realized how much art and creative people move the world versus politics and religion, I mean it’s not even up for debate. An artist at least creates things, puts things into the world. Where as these other people are destroying things, taking things out of the world.
Marilyn MansonFinding someone who's willing to drown with you creates a situation where you no longer want to drown.
Marilyn MansonThe person who thinks I worship the devil and kill animals is just as important as someone who makes an interpretation that's closer to what I intended.
Marilyn MansonAnyone I may have used should feel happy that they even had a use. It's better than being useless.
Marilyn MansonI did have a Huggy Beardoll. One of his legs fell off. That empty leg became a place where, when we were doing a lot of drugs on tour at one point, we would store the drugs in his empty leg. That's where the term 'dancing with the one-legged man' on Smells Like Children came from, because whenever anyone was doing drugs we called it the 'dance of the one-legged man.' That became a ritualistic thing that was funny for awhile.
Marilyn Manson