I don't think that my lyrics are over-laced with profanity, because I myself don't speak using a lot of profanity in normal conversation. But I think when you're making something aggressive and you need to get a point across, if you're angry, sometimes profanity is necessary. It's better to use a curse word than to hurt somebody else, I find.
Marilyn MansonSometimes music, movies and books are the only things that let us feel like someone else feels like we do.
Marilyn MansonI don't think I have ever tried to create things to encourage people to hurt others, or themselves.
Marilyn MansonI was becoming the cold, emotionally crippled monster I always wanted to be, and I wasn’t so sure I liked it. But it was too late. The metamorphosis was already well under way.
Marilyn Manson