I think it's the pain and suffering that drive you to become an artist. The art itself should be the pain, sort of exorcising every demon and making you feel like you're a person that matters.

I was always trying to do different things to entertain people. And at the same time, I think, I was, whether subconsciously or not, trying to get kicked out of school because I hated it so much.

I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face. Because I will make you say it. In that manner. That is a threat.

If anybody wants to be a rock star they've gotta try hard enough. They're not gonna get it handed to them

Donohue: "It is Christianity that [Manson] hates, and it is Catholicism that he hates most of all. This guy is at war with Christ." Manson: "I can't possibly be at war with Christ, because your religion killed him and what he stood for. But if you want to be at war with me, bring it on."

If you die and enough people are watching, then you become a martyr, you become a hero, you become well-known.

I'm a confession that is waiting to be heard