Music Is The Strongest Form Of Magic.

Marilyn Manson Is A Criticism Of Gimmickry, While Being Itself A Gimmick.

There's Nothing That Anyone Could Say About Me That Would Hurt My Feelings.

I Think Everybody's Got A Presentation. Everybody Looks A Certain Way Because They Want To Convey A Certain Image. You Look A Certain Way Because You Want People To Listen To You In A Certain Way.

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.

The Idea Of Marilyn Manson Has Been Brewing In My Head, One Form Or Another, Since I Was About 12 Years Old At A Christian High School In Canton, Ohio.