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--Hating
the way Marilyn Manson looks
MM:"That's not wrong, that's a part of human nature. The old saying
of looks don't matter, I don't agree with that. It's very important.
The way you look is how you represent yourself to people and that's
why I look the way I do. I want people to know what I'm about by
looking at me. So if they see a picture and they don't like it.
Maybe they're not supposed to, it's not right for them. I don't
disrespect them."
--Young Teens or Pre Teens listening to Marilyn Manson - Metal Maniacs
Magazine February 1997
MM:"That's the age when I think people are really trying to find
themselves and are looking to find an icon. It's the same age when
I got into music."
--To the Fans - Circus Magazine January 1997
MM:"It's really important for me to get across to our fans that
whenever I put myself in different circumstances. It is to learn
from it so I can relay it to others."
--So what do you hate? - Details Magazine December 1996
MM:"I hate when I go somewhere and people are smiling and laughing
and having a good time. It makes me depressed."
--Something Important to do - Details Magazine December 1996
MM:"I've had this sense since I was a kid that I've got something
important to do."
--What's left to do for the twenty first century? - Details Magazine
December 1996
MM:"We can't go any further without starting over. It's like what
sexual positions are left, what other violence can you show, what
other drugs can you do, what other thing can you get pierced? It's
all been done. Sickly enough, maybe we can all be excited by the
taboos once again."
--Till then what is your guilty pleasure? - Details Magazine December
1996
MM:"Watching the 700 club hoping they'll mention me."
--What shocks you? - Guitar World December 1996
MM:"I get shocked by people smoking cigarettes sometimes. I get
shocked by watching talk shows. Peoples moralities are so far below
what I would consider standard. SAT results should be directly linked
to a death sentence. Those who don't reach a certain score would
be executed."
--Life - Hit Parader Magazine December 1996
MM:"Everything I possess is about appreciating life and not wasting
it."
--The Band - Hit Parader Magazine December 1996
MM:"I am only 27. We are a young band with a very long way to go.
I have always loved that general icon impact. We hope to be around
for a long time to come but we still need to establish ourselves
in a way that those great people have inspired us."
--Children - RIP Magazine November 1996
MM:"I've found fantasy television shows to be a greater escape.
The imagination is something that should be appreciated. That's
why I think children are innately magic, because they realize the
power of their minds and haven't been de-purified by television."
--Creativity - Huh Magazine October 1996
MM:"If someone listen's to our music, and it makes them creative,
that makes me happier than anything."
--End of the World - Metal Edge January 1997
MM:"The end of the world was always something that fascinated me
since I was 13, because I was told that it was coming. I kept staying
up every night being terrified about the end of the world and at
some point when I finally realized that it wasn't happening I guess
I almost became what I was afraid of."
--You've been in the Fan position? - Metal Edge Magazine January
1997
MM:"Yeah and have been scarred by other bands the same way people
have been scarred by me."
--Grandfather - Spin Magazine March 1997
MM:"He had this train set in his basement, and when he turned on
the train, it was to mask the sound of his masturbating. I would
tell my parents, but nobody would believe me. He was the one who
convinced me that things were supposed to be pure and American.
But they weren't."
--Fans - Spin Magazine March 1997
MM:"No matter how much they love you, they want a tragedy."
--Do you want to be remembered? - RIP Magazine November 1996
MM:"Absolutely. I believe your remembrance is your immortality.
What you leave in this world is that part of you that lives on forever."
--Being Lonely with an Imagination - Metal Edge Magazine January
1997
MM:"I think that when you're a lonely person, your imagination is
your best friend. So I think it comes from that, my childhood."
--As a Kid - Huh Magazine October 1996
MM:"Escapism was what it was about for me. I didn't really like
and wasn't the person that I wanted to be in the world, so I was
the person I wanted to be in my own head."
--Something Strong - Huh Magazine October 1996
MM:"I don't care if something's good or bad or if it's Christian
or Anti-Christian. I want something that's strong, something that
believes in itself."
--How do you see yourself 5 years from now? - Hit Parader Magazine
December 1996
MM:"Either dead or the biggest rock band in the world. We'll see
what happens. We know our fans will be there for us."
--Tidal Waves - CMJ January 1997
MM:"Without being self agrandizing. I've seen the little tidal waves
that I've caused in the music industry, and how people are becoming
more evolved in their images. And there are a lot of new Marilyn
Mansonesque people, but I don't get mad at those things. It's like
there's one real Santa Claus, but there's a lot of fake ones at
the mall."
--Human Shit - Kerrang Magazine December 14, 1996
MM:"I've never smoked human shit, but I'm willing to try."
--Imagination - Kerrang Magazine December 14, 1996
MM:"Well I hope that with our music we can inspire other people
to be creative and to use their imagination, because it is something
that is so lacking nowadays. You have virtual reality, MTV, video
games and VCR's. Nobody really wants to think about things or create
things. You have programs on a computer which will write a poem
for you."
--Criticism - Hit Parader Mgazine February 1997
MM:"I could care less about what people in the music business have
to say, or what they think of me or my music. The music on our record
speaks for itself. Were happy with it and that's enough. So far
our fans seem to be happy too. That's all that really matters."
--Critics - Hit Parader Magazine February 1997
MM:"It doesn't bother me because I've never been bothered by what
critics say."
--What would you be doing if you weren't in music? - Zine September
24, 1994
MM:"I think I might be a third grade teacher or a TV evangelist.
Something where I could be getting at peoples minds when they're
most vulnerable."
--What does your Mom make of all of this? - Guitar World Magazine
MM:"She's very supportive. She feels responsible, so she has no
other choice but to accept it. It's a whole other story if I gotta
talk about my mom. She doesn't play guitar so I shouldn't say anything."
--What scares you. - September 24, 1994
MM:"Probably myself. The fear of losing control of myself. That's
probably my biggest fear. I hate weak people. I always try to be
in control of my life. I think my biggest fear is being weak."
--How would you raise your kids? - September 24, 1994
MM:"Yeah I do want to have kids someday and I would show them everything.
I wouldn't hold anything back from them. I think if you show kids
reality and stop trying to protect them from it, then they can handle
it."
--What influences your music? - CFNY May 30, 1996
MM:"I'm influenced by everything I see around me. I take in a lot.
I'm kind of a observer, I like to sit around and watch people. I
like to see how people do things. I try to put myself through a
lot of different experiences so I can learn from them. I've done
a lot of things in my time, done a lot of drugs, done a lot of messed
up things, and gone through it and seen it all, and been back and
I feel like I've got a good outlook on everything now that I've
experienced everything. So I just try and take everything in. There's
no one thing that inspires me."
--
MM:"I think every man and woman is a star. It's just a matter of
realizing and becoming it. It's all a matter of willpower. The world
is just how you see it. If you want to have other people tell you
how to see it, then you can. But if you want to look at it differently,
then it's limitless what you can do. That's why I don't feel the
need to be one person. I can be as many people as I like."
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MM:"I hate sports, in fact I don't even acknowledge they exist."
--Is there a message in your work? - MTV Europe December 10, 1996
MM:"I hope so, I mean I don't expect everyone to get something deep
out of it. Some people can just listen to the music, or get their
aggressions out, but I think with any great painting or movie, album
or whatever it is. It's better if people can take what they need
form it. That they're not forced to get some particular message."
--Selling Souls / Fallen Angel - CFNY May 30, 1996
MM:"Well that's absolutely true, I, ofcourse did sell my soul to
get to this place. But the thing is, you have to understand that
that's what it's about. If you don't get your message across to
people, then what's the point of having a message."
--Selling Souls / Fallen Angel - Guitar School Magazine Marilyn
Manson Is the fact that you are a kingpen of rebellion a sign that
the world is ending or what?
MM:"Absolutely. Things need to go to a point of extremism in order
to be born-again. Things need to go past that point as far as they
can go, and then we'll become innocent again. It's my job to sort
of cleanse the world of all its sins. I'm offering myself up as
a sacrifice to the world to become innocent again."
--You are calling for Armageddon. Why would you want the world to
end? - Guitar World
MM:"Because the way it is. It's not a great place anymore and it
can't be. I'm sure it would have been much more enjoyable to be
alive in the fifties, when there was at least an illusion of purity,
and things that were taboo had such a great power to them. I think
it was a time when magic was really alive. There's no imagination
anymore. It was eliminated with video games and VCR's. I'm only
necessary because of the way the world is. Well, maybe if I manage
to make the world a better place then maybe I'd want to have a kid."
--On Serial Killers - Underscope Magazine
MM:"It's not out of the question. If I hadn't found a way to express
myself through music. Then I could have ended up that way. They're
just people. There's not much that separates us from them. That's
why people are so fascinated with them.
--Films
MM:"Films and things like that are really my first love, so when
we get to make videos, it's just as important as the song. To me
it's not a commercial, for me it's a whole work of art on its own.
So we plan on working on a movie and things like that in the future."
--Movie - Guitar World December 1996
MM:"I saw a movie yesterday that made me feel like I wasn't out
of my mind. I believe that when you give your imagination enough
room to run wild, the border between what's real and what's not
can be crossed and interchanged and swapped. Even something as stupid
as that Walt Disney movie, The Santa Clause has a theme that belief
is really what makes things real. That's a key to everything we
do."
--Music Videos - Kerrang Magazine December 14, 1996
MM:"We actually didn't spend as much money as you might imagine
on videos. The thing we've always done is if you're given less money
and less time to work, you're always more creative. And I've always
liked to be a big part of the visual element of the videos. Because
it's us we're presenting, not just some directors idea of what the
song is."
--Madonna - RIP Magazine November 1996
MM:"At first she wasn't accepted and neither was I but any pioneer
has to take a few arrows in his back in order for others to follow.
And in history, any form of art, ideology, or religion that have
been against the status quo, people have always tried to keep it
down. But time changes that."
--Delusional Self
MM:"Coincidence happens a lot, as does deja vu. I suffer from the
psychological problem known as "Delusional Self" when you believe
that every coincidence in your life is related. I don't consider
it to be a disorder. I consider it a higher form of awareness."
--Shock - Guitar World Magazine December 1996
MM:"If I wanted to be purely shocking I could do much more that
would be offensive. I just try to express myself in a particular
way that grabs peoples attention. But it's never about shock value.
It's a vehicle to express myself and get people to listen. There's
so much out there to see, you really have to make things powerful
in order for them to leave a mark. Everybody has an image. Ours
is just more flamboyant. There are much more bands out there that
have much more stronger and offensive images than we do. But the
thing is. Nobody cares because they don't have the same songs to
support it."
--Irony - British Interview NME, August 30, 1997
MM:"Yeah, That's the irony of it, you know. Europeans understand
irony a lot better than the Americans do. I think, from what I've
seen, everybody but Americans understand what's wrong with America.
But for me everything that's wrong with America is what what I like
about it."
--Emotions - British Interview NME, August 30, 1997
MM:"I'm not jaded but I'm not controlled by my emotions. It's not
that I'm emotionless, I just have the abililty not to be controlled
by things like love and hate. I think emotions, a lot of the time,
are what cause so many problems."
--Artists and Creators - British Interview NME, August 30, 1997
MM:"Well, look, if my ideology is a hand then that's just two fingers.
I incorporate a lot of Christian morality into what I do and in
fact a lot of my beliefs are very conservative - like my desire
for the world to be a better place where people use more intelligence.
If you had to condense all that I believe in, it's that responsible,
intelligent people should be allowed to do what they want. That
artists and performers and architects, people who contribute something
to the world, that actually have something to say as opposed to
a business man or a politician, say, people who actually contribute
to society, the power should be traded. The creators are always
suppressed - other than the placebo 'fame' that they're always given.
I don't really suggest any solution - that we could all kick them
out of their positions of power and take over. It's just the idea
that if you enjoy what you do, that's why you should do it."
--Fascist America- British Interview NME, August 30, 1997
MM:"It's also about everybody's need to be accepted. The idea of
beauty in America is so fascist because you've got commercials constantly
telling you that if you don't look this way or drive this car then
you're not going to be accepted by your peers. If you grow up with
that constantly it starts to affect you."
--Jerry Maguire - NME Student Guide September 27, 1997
MM:"I wouldn't have any porno films, but I would have a copy of
Jerry Maguire. I think it's essential for any video collection.
It's against everything I stand for, but I love that movie in a
strange, backwards way."
--Are you romantic?- Vox Magazine October 1997
MM:"I think I am, in a strange way. Probably not in the same way
that other people are. Not in conventional terms at least, but I
like to do interesting things for people I'm attracted to, I guess.
I try to take them to interesting places. But I guess it would be
more like something you would read in a horror novel than a romance
novel."
--What's the closest you've ever been to death?- Vox Magazine October
1997
MM:"I don't drive a vehicle anymore, but on one of the very last
times I did so I was going to visit a friend and I was carrying
with me a small snake, and the car burst into flames, and the brakes
didn't work, and I had to pull off onto the side of the road. So
it all ended up with me standing on the side of the road, holding
a snake, and my car was on fire."
--Do you favour a particular brand of cosmetics?-Vox Magazine October
1997
MM:"I usually use Mac cosmetics. It's a brand favored by all the
major supermodels."
--Who has been the biggest influence on your career?- Vox Magazine
October 1997
MM:"Usually the Christians, I suppose. I think because, if I hadn't
gone to a private Christian school, I'd never have built up enough
animosity to want to have started a band. And now that I have one,
the fact that they are giving me such resistance and publicity,
they have made me far bigger than they'd ever have wanted me to
have become. So I guess in a strange way the Christians have influenced
me the most."
--How do you relax? - Vox Magazine October 1997
MM:"I guess I would just drink a bottle of wine, if I'm feeling
a little more sophisticated. Other than that, I'd probably take
some painkillers, drink a bottle of Jack Daniels and smash a few
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