445 Quotes by Marilyn Manson

When you want to die, you at least have a goal. You're aiming for something. It's not a good goal, but at least you want something. And you've got anger and fear, but at least you're feeling something.

We are our own wicked gods with little 'g's' and big dicks, sadistic and constantly inflicting a slow demise.

I believe nothing happens by accident. My fame has happened for a reason. My fans are my kindred spirits in revolution. If anyone chooses to ignore the message or the messenger, they do so at their own risk. Believe it or not, there are many more people out there that understand what I am trying to do than society wants to admit. The way I live my life represents a much bigger part of America than anyone would care to imagine

Without the threat of death, there's no reason to live... at all.

It's the whole Nietzche philosophy of you are your own God. That's why I debase myself in the concerts and tell people to spit on me. I'm saying to them 'You are no different from me'.

But what's real? You can't find the truth. You just pick the lie you like best. As long as you know that everything's a lie, you can't hurt yourself.

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

I read all the great philosophers but most people just hear what they want to hear and it makes it easy for them to brand us devil worshippers.

If you intend to create something that people will observe and listen to, you've got to listen to them first.