Quotes from Marilyn Manson

I'm not a role model. I'm a role villain.

There was definitely a lack of any sort of villain in the Clinton era, which is why, when Columbine happened, it was easy to pick on me. My face was around, and it made good TV.

Are people raised to be villains or vilified like I have become?

If you want to find out who your real friends are, sink the ship. The first ones to jump aren't your friends.

I always had the desire to entertain people, whether it was to make 'em laugh or to scare 'em or stir things up just to cause problems.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

If you lose who you are, what do you have?

Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference.

Marriage changes everything.

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

My desire is to be pure again and not dirtied by the world. But it's my duty to be as ugly and as filthy as I am, so the audience can experience what I have.

If they think that an artist can destroy their faith, then their faith is rather fragile.

I'm so famous, people expect me to sell as many records as Celine Dion or Puff Daddy.

My father had a very violent temper, and he was never home. So I was kind of a mama's boy.

Find what you are afraid of, face it, and then you won't be afraid of it anymore.

If your reality is the same as my reality, then you're in trouble.

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.

Growing up going to Christian school and the concept that you're born a sinner and you don't really have a choice to change who you are has been hammered into my head and created the entire reason why I made art and made a band and made records called 'Antichrist Superstar.'

My goal isn't to make money, it's to try and survive and make a point.

The Internet is the trailer park for the soul.

I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.

Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.

The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldn't have previously.

As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, but that's why I change and adapt the way I look.