If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.

What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.

I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.

Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.

If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.

We're approaching things quite differently this time, but it will still sound like Marilyn Manson.

Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.