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God
--God in Art - Official Website Interview September 9, 1998
MM:"Mechanical Animals for me documents the repair of my emotions,
the repair of my soul, and this record does deal with God in a different
way. It deals with me finding God in art, and in music. I think
there's more spirituality in art than you could find in a church."
--Expressing the Soul - Chart Magazine - October 1998
MM:"I found that an idea like God exists more in art in the way
you express your soul, and religion kind of warps that. The Big
Brother negative aspect of God that I talked about on Antichrist
Superstar I think exists more in people’s blind faith in television
and being a consumer. And that’s just a part of the program, the
machine. That is just as bad or worse than religion. Religion is
just the tip of the iceberg."
--God - Penthouse Magazine May 1997
MM:"If I believed in an outside force that we wanted to call God
- and I believe that there is one. I think God would appreciate
what I say, because I can't see God wanting to create a world full
of idiots."
--God - Raygun Magazine Dec/January 1998
MM:"I'm not against God. I'm against the Misuse of God."
--Mental Apocalypse - British Interview Nme, August 30th, 1997
MM:"It felt desirable to bring about an apocalypse on a mental level,
to kill of all the old ways and finally to believe in yourself.
If there is a God then he is a part of you."
--Belief - Raygun Magazine Dec/January 1998
MM:"I think that there is a collective disbelief in God nowadays,
and it just needs to be massaged. I'm not against God. I'm against
the Misuse of God, and the victimization of people through Guilt
and these ideas of Sin. Cause Christianity is really responsible
for Consumerism. The idea of Blind Faith has really ruined America
in some ways, because there's this underlying theme of fascism that
nobody's willing to accept. We're being controlled by our own stupidity
and weaknesses. You turn on the TV, and if you don't buy this type
of shampoo, you're not going to get laid, or if you don't buy this
car, your friends aren't gonna accept you, and all of your friends
are making fun of you behind your back because you have acne. It
just eats away at your Soul. It makes you so dependent that you're
scared to make your own decisions."
--Flat World - Raygun Magazine Dec/January 1998
MM:"Reality is just what's popular. At one point, the world was
flat, and we were all convinced of that, because that was what was
popular. Right now, in America, everyone is convinced that this
is One Nation Under God. Its on the Dollar Bill. And there's been
so many people that tried to crack that open. An Antichrist is someone
who is just fighting for man. Even in the Bible, the word Antichrist
never really defined some villain who was going to come at the end
of the world and destroy everyone. The word was used to describe
someone who was opposed to Jesus in his day. It was a collective
Disbelief in God."
--Winner is God - Details Magazine December 1996
MM:"It's just that history was written by winners. In the Bible's
case, the winner is God."
--Radio 3 of Spanish National Radio Network - September 21, 1998
Q: I would like to know if Marilyn Manson has a new God in his life.
MM:"In myself, I find strength in myself, believing in myself and
God exists in music and art."
--God - Long Hard Road out of Hell - His Book - Page 192
MM:"God works in mysterious ways."
Spirituality
--Spirituality - JANE Magazine - November 1998
MM:"If God does exist, it's in music and in art, I think there's
more spiritually in what I do than in a lot of religious groups
judging, especially in the way they've treated me in the past couple
of years. I've grown tired of talking about religion. It's time
for me to move on. I'm trying to redefine the idea of spirituality
and make it now such a bad word for myself, because I find that
I sound really stupid saying it sometimes."
--Spirituality in Music - CNN's Showbiz Today - October 13, 1998
MM:"If anything, you know, the wedge is already there. But while
it's there, I can provide a way for people to talk more to each
other. I just try to make people think, and people get very upset
when someone tries to replace God in their kids' lives. And I think
there's more spirituality in music, and there's more honesty."
--Spiritual Person - Radio 3 of Spanish National Radio Network -
September 21, 1998
Q: I've realized you're a very spiritual person, which is not at
all the impression I got from the previous records.
MM:"I think it was a matter of growing to that point, transforming
to that point. But now, not only set up to save myself but to save
other people as well. I can do with music what people do with religion."
--Religion - Rolling Stone Magazine - May 28, 1998
MM:"You can easily find more spirituality in art than in religion.
The Human Soul
--Exploring Ideas - CMJ Magazine - Issue 64
MM:"I explored as much as I could with religion on Antichrist Superstar
and I think that I wanted to continue to explore the idea of God
but with science on this record. I mean that's what this record
is expressing, the idea that in my transformation or my search for
something, if you want to call it God you can call it that, I found
the human soul does exist, and the only way that you can find that
is through your expression. That's all you can contribute to the
world."
--Mechanical Animals - Norwegian Radio Interview 1998
MM:"The record has a greater sense of empathy and so it is kind
of meant for the human soul and about searching for something in
all the tragedy. In a strange way, the album is romantic."
--Shells without Souls - Chart Magazine - October 1998
MM:"This record is kind of about waking up in a world that you didn’t
expect. I feel like I’ve been away from the world in a way for the
past couple of years. I feel like I’ve numbed myself and now I’ve
awakened and started to feel a lot of things I didn’t feel before.
This record is about trying to gain back those emotions. The more
I gain back, the more I can see the world as less and less caring,
less human. I see nothing but mechanical animals, these shells without
souls."
--Fall from Grace - Radio 3 of Spanish National Radio Network -
September 21, 1998
MM:"It was me being able to overcome my fears on the last record,
challenging everyone's ideals and putting myself through a lot of
physical pain and now I find myself dealing with emotions and the
fear and pain of being human for once, so this is almost... the
last album was a fall from grace and this is kind of a search to
save myself."
--Man's Soul - Hit Parader Magazine, September 1997
MM:"There is Good and Evil within all of us. I enjoy searching to
bring that out through music. I like it that there are questions
brought out by the music. People must look inside themselves for
the answers. People are so scared of acknowledging that there is
an Evil side to man's soul just as there is a Good side."
Kindred Spirits
--My Kindred Spirits in Revolution - Hit Parader October 1997
MM:"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."
Jesus Christ
--Omega - Radio 3 of Spanish National Radio Network - September
21, 1998
Q: People wanna know why the Omega thing. Why are you calling yourself
that now?
MM:"It represents the end and the final transformation that was
set forth in AntiChrist Superstar, and it's also ironic cause this
is a rebirth, so it's the alpha and the omega. It's very biblical
in a way. The last album made references to Lucipher's fall from
grace, and this album makes references to Christ walking on Earth."
Q: So you're gonna end making Christian Rock?
MM:"Like Striper, yeah. It's not to say that what I'm presenting
is Christian, but I'm finding comparisons between the alienation
that ocurred with Jesus as much as the alienation that occurs with
me."
--Parallels - MTV (Manson TV) - Sept 14, 1998
MM:"Antichrist Superstar was a lot of parallels with my life with
someone like Lucifer. Mechanical Animals is a lot more parallels
between me and Jesus Christ."
--Open Minds- Kerrang Magazine - September 20, 1997
MM:"I think anyone who has any sense of open-mindedness can relate
to a lot of what I say, because it boils down to isolation and the
feeling of not being able to fit in. Some people don't ever deserve
to understand, but those people are necessary. Because what Christianity
started out as wasn't anything more than what we saw at the show
today. It was one person getting up and saying what he felt, and
a lot of people going, 'Yeah, I feel that too.' Jesus was the first
rock star, the first sex symbol and the first icon."
--Jesus Christ - Winston Salem, N.C. April 19, 1997
MM:"A long time ago, there was a man as misunderstood as we are
and they nailed him to a fucking cross!"
Satan
--Satan - Movie Mirror Magazine October 1997
MM:"I've never been or never will be a Satan Worshipper, or someone
who worships the Devil."
--Dealing with Marilyn Manson - Movie Mirror presents Marilyn Manson
Magazine - October 1997
MM:"I think that unfortunately for America, Marilyn Manson is much
more bigger and more dangerous than Satan because it's real and
its here and it's something that they have to deal with."
--Church of Satan - Huh Magazine October 1996
MM:"I don't want people to mis-conceive me as a spokesperson for
the Church of Satan."
--Prayers - Penthouse Magazine May 1997
Q: Did you say your prayers when you were a little kid?
MM:"Up to a certain point, but I always felt embarrased, like someone
else was listening besides God. I was even told to not let the devil
know you're afraid, because he can hear your prayers also. That
scared and excited me at the same time."
Dark Forces
--Dark Forces
MM:"There are definitely Dark Forces out there that none of us fully
understand. People fear what they don't understand, and lash out
against it."
The Bible
--Lucifer - Kerrang Magazine December 14 1996
MM:"There's a lot of great stories and a lot of great values in
the Holy Bible, and I actually relate to a lot of them. The character,
the idea, or the part of my personality that I describe as Antichrist
Superstar, is a lot like Lucifer in the Bible. Someone who was kicked
out of heaven because he wanted to be God."
The Bible - Revelations
--Marilyn Manson - Huh Magazine October 1996
MM:"It's a band, but it's me. It's almost as mystifying as the Holy
Trinity, where it's three but it's one. I always thought it was
necessary that everybody I work with is a part of and believing
in the things I'm trying to relate. I heard this album as finished.
I heard it in dreams I had. And that's what it is now. It was like
the Revelations of John The Baptist or something."
--Q: Twiggy do you ever read the Bible?
TR:"Yes, I like Revelations. There's some good chapters."
--Very American - Axcess Magazine
MM:"There's a lot of talk in some of the other versions of the Bible,
the Hebrew versions, and things about the end of the world not being
a punishment from God, but being an invitation from mankind. That
mankind has to invite its own destruction. And I think that's very
true, and it's almost very American. I think that's the type of
society we're in and it's people's very fear of the Antichrist that
has created it."
--The Worm - Hit Parader Magazine February 1997
MM:"The worm represents something very biblical. In the book of
Revelations, there's a lot of different references. The worm has
also been compared to the character in the bible known as Lucifer,
the fallen angel. The worm is the first stage of growth, and then
it grows some more, and goes through the wing process. At which
case it becomes an angel."
Ripping up Bibles
--Ripping Up Bibles - August 13, 1997 - Politically Incorrect TV
Show.
MM:"They're designed to make people Think. But the point with the
Bible or a flag is to say, 'It's only as valid as you make it in
your heart.' A piece of paper or a piece of cloth doesn't mean anything.
It's what you believe and I want people to think about what they
believe. I want them to consider if everything they've been taught,
if that's what they want to believe or if that's what they've been
told that they have to believe."
Angels
--Angels - Kerrang Magazine - September 20, 1997
MM:"That's why the only faith I have is in other life, like angels.
There's something there to be looked at, because so many cultures
and so many people can't have the same vision without there being
something out there."
--Do you believe in ghosts? - Kerrang Magazine - September 20, 1997
MM:"There's a lot of things that can't be explained. Maybe ghosts
are misperceived as angels."
Other Dimensions of Reality
--Hallucinations - Kerrang Magazine - September 20, 1997
Q: Do you think what you see in hallucinations is really there?
MM:"I don't think there's any such thing as hallucinations. Dreams
are just another dimension of reality."
Mankind
--The Mind - Kerrang Magazine - September 20, 1997
MM:"Man is still at the learning stage, and mankind is so arrogant
to think that he's the highest form of evolution on earth. There's
so much of the brain that we still don't use, and that's all I ever
try to do - go to the next level."
--Mankind - Kerrang Magazine - September 20, 1997
MM:"Besides, man by nature will always destroy himself."
--The Millennium - Select Magazine January 1999
Q: Are you into millennial prophecies of doom?
MM:"It happens every millennium. Now more than ever, man threatens
to destroy himself with his own technology, and all the ideas contained
within Big Brother exist within Little Brother. We're all watching
ourselves. We are our own oppressors. This is a time when an idea
like God is needed more than ever. For me, I've found that God exists
within yourself and what you create. The only thing we've got to
look forward to is saving ourselves."
Sins
--Sins - Twiggy Ramirez - Circus Magazine May 1997
TR:"Christianity, like most religions, works with fear. Sins can
be confessed and you are 'Clean again' and can start to sin again
without thinking about your old sins. We believe that people should
ask themselves why they sinned. They should show some responsibility."
Question: But you present a rather sinful image onstage.
TR:"We have our own religion and some parts of it are even identical
with some Christian beliefs. Going to confession and being "Clean"
afterwards is not our idea of how it should work. It helps people
to avoid responsibility. I think everybody is always responsible
for what they do and everybody should accept that responsibility.
Religion
--Religion - Access Magazine Issue 38
Q: Do you think that religion, which is essentially concerned with
maintaining or saving the soul. Is it doing the opposite job?
MM:"Well, yeah. It talks about the soul a lot, but I think it just
really suppresses it. Or, if anything, it buys our soul from us
by putting faith in something else other than you. You're just selling
your soul out. They seem to be so concerned with us selling our
soul to the devil that I think the only reason that they're concerned
with that is because they want our soul. They want to buy it!"
--Music and Art - Norwegian Radio Interview 1998
MM:"I think that music and art is more spiritual and that God exists
in your expression. That to me is more inspiring then religion and
church. I think that you have to find your own way, your own God
in yourself. Religion has become another product of capitalism in
America."
Heaven
--MuchMusic - November 17, 2000
Q: What is your idea of heaven?
MM:"I really think that those are man made ideas like santa claus
and the easter bunny to keep people in line, to give them some sort
of... I think it's kind of selfish to say, Well I'm going to behave
so I get to go to heaven. Why don't you just want to behave, period?
I think it's when you put an agenda to it.. that's the hypocrisy
that exists in religion. For me, as long as I'm able to perform
and write songs, that's as good as it's going to get for me."
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