445 Quotes by Marilyn Manson

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.

There's a big difference, I discovered, between wanting to die and not wanting to live,

A story might sell if there's a headline like 'Marilyn Manson admits to being Satanic', all the little hypocrites will go and buy the magazine, read about what evil, weird people we are and will feel better about themselves.

If you're gonna pretend to be something, then you have to at least live up to what it is.

People expect me to me a 'shock rocker,' but there's nothing you can do anymore to be shocking.

Things like, people saying the new album would debut at number one on the Billboard Charts in the U.S. and I said, "No it's gonna be number Three." Because Number 3 is a very powerful number on the album. It's repeated quite often. Then it did chart an Number 3. Was it a coincidence you decide. If your in touch with your subconscious, you can really use it to your advantage

You have to be saved to get into heaven....you only have to be you to get into hell.

I was married to someone who wanted me to change. Become more adult, more responsible. I began not to like myself, not like what I do. I lost my identity. Everything began collapsing around me.

So anybody with any bit of intelligence has got to be pissed off because if they see how things are in the world, they're not going to be happy with it.