I don't think I have ever tried to create things to encourage people to hurt others, or themselves.
Everything I was afraid of when I was growing up, I've become. I've taken on my nightmares, like the devil and the end of the world, and I've become those things.
As a kid I just felt like an outsider.
We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.
For me, the key to longevity - and immortality, in a sense - has to do with transformation.
Marriage changes everything.
When I turned about 14, I developed a friendship with this guy whose mom was the secretary to Ernest Angley, the faith healer, who's very popular in the Midwest. He had a television show, and he was sort of like Liberace mixed with Jerry Falwell - very glitzy, very high-tech.
I went to one AA meeting and I got asked for an autograph.
You might find me outside with a can of hair spray, spraying it with the hope that the sun will burn a hole in the Earth. Another part of me hopes people will grow up and evolve and get smarter. That's the paradox of Marilyn Manson.
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.
I've started to think that maybe I wouldn't mind passing my demented genius on to some small thing who can set fire and breathe profanity.
From Jesse James to Charles Manson, the media, since their inception, have turned criminals into folk heroes.
I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face.
Finding someone who's willing to drown with you creates a situation where you no longer want to drown.