Marilyn Manson quotes

" Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining adults?” " # Children # Adulthood # Books - Reading

" Society has traditionally always tried to find scapegoats for its problems. Well, here I am. " # Greatness

" I was writing a lot of lyrics five or six years ago and the name Marilyn Manson, I thought really describes everything that I had to say, you know, male and female, beauty and ugliness, and it was just very American. It was a statement on the American culture, the power that we give to icons like Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson and since that's where it's always gone from there. It's about the paradox. Diametrically opposed archetypes and then good. " # Museums and Galleries # Writers and Writing # Beauty

" 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. " # Computers # Music # Creativity

" … 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. " # Politicians and Politics # Fame # Belief

" The weak ones are there to justify the strong. " # Weakness

" We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves. " # Life and Living

" I like it [The Bible] as a book. Just like I like "The Cat In The Hat" " # Books - Reading

" … 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 from it. That they're not forced to get some particular message. " # Family # Music # Cinema

" The whole concept of this band is to present the ugly truth about society – warts and all, and let the chips fall where they may. " # Psychiatry # Truth # Riches