"The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they're supposed to like, what they're supposed to buy, and what they're supposed to laugh at. You have Beavis and Butt - Head telling you what music you're allowed to like and not like, and you've got sitcoms that have canned laughter that lets you know when to laugh if you're too stupid to know when the joke is - people are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves because America has raised the like that."
"There are so many different levels of things you can say to people, and everyone's going to get something really different out of what I say, but the most I can hope for is for people to want to find some sort of truth, to be themselves, and to encourage them to think."
"We've always found that with people being so desensitized, things have to be really shocking and have to punch you in the face to get your attention. Then, once you've got their attention. You can say something they might remember."
"As with anything I do, I think everything is based on reactions and responses."
•"Today there seems to be a lack of icons and rock stars in general. When we grew up there were KISS, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Adam Ant - people who had something to say and had quite an impact on music and society. I thought that's what rock 'n' roll was all about in the least - too much make up, setting things on fire, pissing off parents - despite what you might have to say once you've got everyone's attention."
"So many people are afraid to enjoy life, they're too worried about thriving off their own suffering. They love to live in fear, whether its going to hell, the end of the world, AIDS, crime, whatever it's got to be, people love to be afraid. That's why they love to be afraid. That's why they love to watch the news, they love to look at car crashes, or they love to listen to Marilyn Manson. People want their fear, so in return. I give it to them."
" I fear being like everybody I hate, I fear failure, I fear losing control. I love balancing between chaos and control with everything I do. I always have a fear of going one way or the other, getting lost in something, or losing everything to get lost in... And I fear being a completely acceptable sheep in society."
"I'm tired of things being so wishy washy and nobody standing up and saying, 'OK, this is where we're going to go.' I just want to stand up and assert myself as the antichrist that America so fears. Instead of living in fear of something, I've decided to become that which everybody fears."
"Marilyn Manson - I picked that as the fakest stage name of all to say that this is what show business is, fake. Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name, Charles Manson isn't his real name, and now, I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best. As long as you know everything's a lie, you can't hurt yourself."
•"I speak in reality. I don't try and hide anything from anybody, and that's the most dangerous thing about our music that parents are so afraid of. It has nothing to do with any violent implications, or the sexual implications, its just the overall picture that I'm speaking of the world I see and not hiding anything from anybody."
•"The opposite of love is apathy, and hate is really the same as love - IF you're so consumed by hatred for someone, you might as well be loving them, because you're thinking about them for the same amount of time."
•"You have something to learn from everybody. It's not to say that you have to like what those people have done, but at least respect them in a strange way because they had the motivation and power to attempt the things they did."
"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."
"We really represent individuality. Kid's should think for themselves. Not to be like your friends who think they are individuals, but to be like you. Not to be like us, but to be what you are."
"I love the idea of every man and woman being a star and that's what I try to relate to our fans. If anything, they use me as an inspiration for their own sucess. If they can see that someone as simple as me can do it, there's no reason they can't."
"I think the reaction we get toward our name is a great statement about America. I've rarely had people ask me about my interest in Marilyn Monroe, yet they always gravitate to the darker half."
"If I could just get them to WANT AN ANSWER, then they'll find it on their own. I don't have any answer for them. There is a distinct lack of leadership, idols, icons, and superstars for kids to identify with. When I was a kid there was a lot of people that I could look to or look up to and it just seems like there's not that anymore."
On the bible:
"I like it as a book.Just like I like "The Cat In The Hat."
"Lunchbox has always been my way of expressing the chip that has developed on my shoulder for being the little guy, for being the one the bigger kids always picked on."
"It's when you take away things that kids enjoy is when you cause problems for them, you know, people always think that heavy metal, or rock and roll has always been the source of the problem, but it's when you start to deprive them of that, it's
when they start to get bitter."
"Music that's alternative now for me is just stuff that people would despise listening to. I find myself listening to Lionel Richie and Dr. Hook." ...."Well, I don't think there's anything more evil than me and my band mates sitting around before a show,singing "Hello" by
Lionel Richie. I thinks that's the heart of darkness."
"I've actually never been a fan of porno. I really never watch it unless I'm stuck in a hotel and that's the only channel you get."
"Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference."
"People are very surprised to hear me say that a lot of my values are Christian values. I think that's part of my shock. I just don't like the way that Christianity combined with the influence of television has bred a nation of weakness. (Christian television do get the facts wrong sometimes and the image they portray turns most people off.)"
In responce to the question "What is Marilyn Manson's greatest flaw?" in an AOL chat:
"His inability to acknowledge and control his animal instincts."
"I don't want people to mis-conceive me as a spokesperson for the Church of Satan."
In responce to Metal Edge's question "What's your favorite item of clothing?":
"I have a stained medical jockstrap that I wear on stage, and it's my favorite item because not only does it provide a healthy support for my back and genitals, but it also looks good with brown pantyhose. Most people don't know, brown is the black of the '90s."
"I veiw my job as being someone who is supposed to piss people off. I don't want to be just one-of-the-guys. I don't want to be just a smiling face you see on television presenting some vapid kind of easily-digestible garbage.This is rock and roll. I want to be a rock and roll star! Rock and roll is about shaking things up, making people act and react. That's what I do."
Manson o sotonizmu:
Manson: Because we titled our album Antichrist Superstar or because the way we look and behave? No we're not Satanists. I don't believe in organized religions at all. The title "Antichrist Superstar" is provoking yes, but people want to be provoked. It makes them think, shakes them up. I read a lot of books about so-called black magic. I confessed once that Aleister Crowley had a big influence on me, but there were other influences too. 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 Satanists. Hardly anybody ever mentions that I read Nietzche and he was one of my most powerful influences. If people would care to take a good look, to look past their prejudices, they could see his influences too.
Post je objavljen 08.04.2006. u 15:28 sati.