Quotes About Provocation

The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic.

I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that.

I do not wanna write a song like 'Coathanger' so Andrew Breitbart can rage against me on his web site. It's not my idea of fun.

We have to be that wedge that drives the question and asks the hard questions.

I think for us - and for a lot of people in the Church of Satan - we definitely like ruffling people's feathers and poking fun at organized religion a little bit.

What's missing from pop music is danger.

You don't have to like me as a person - I understand that I can get on people's nerves with the antics I do in the ring. This is not a popularity contest. I'm trying to do whatever I can to win the fight.

I really don't think art is good at answering questions. It's much better at posing questions - and even better at simply asking people to open their eyes.

Sometimes I just go, 'Is it me? Am I really just not that likeable?' The cool thing is, when you go out there and see a lady get mad or a guy get mad, or they hate you because you didn't come from the independents, or whatever, what I like to do is just pour kerosene on that fire.

There are contemporary artists that I hate with all my heart. These are provocateurs that are without feeling. Where is the real emotion?

People like controversy because that's what sells.

There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write.

Controversy sells books.

It's so easy to create a controversy.

I think trolling is a sort of art form, a bit of a craft.

Burroughs is crap. Crap.

There have been many examples in the world of people doing crazy things because they want to keep war going.

I'm an artist, and I like art that gets people talking, good or bad. Criticism is good, too.

What sells more, criticism or compliments? What do people like more? They enjoy blood.

All critics should be assassinated.

Anybody can curse on a record.

Drag resists conservatism in the most basic way possible, and also in the most effective way possible, because it's improper when it comes to looks, which is everything in conservative systems.

I use trolling tactics to build my brand.

If I see someone with a gamer tag saying they're fans of the Bulls or the Heat I will trash-talk them and make it known I don't like them, but I don't let them know who I am. If I do, I have to change my gamer tag pretty fast.