The idea of heaven is Christianity's way of creating a hell on earth. Marilyn Manson More Quotes by Marilyn Manson More Quotes From Marilyn Manson I've always believed that a person is smart. It's people that are stupid. Marilyn Manson smart stupid people I'm completely unlike a lot of other performers in the past who have been forgiven or come to terms with the real world because they tell everyone their performance is 'just a show.' And so, people say, 'Oh, it's OK then. We don't care. He's not really a bad person.' It's not just a show for me. It's my life. Marilyn Manson real people past When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore. Marilyn Manson willing want My feelings are, if you're gonna lead a rock n' roll lifestyle, don't let it affect your work. I know I can stay up all night and still come in the next day and write a song, and nothing will stop me from doing it. I expect the same from everyone else. Marilyn Manson writing song night As a kid I was, constantly terrorized with the idea of Armageddon and the Antichrist and things like that and as I got older, I realized that, something like Antichrist is the collective disbelief in God. Marilyn Manson armageddon disbelief kids If anybody wants to be a rock star they've gotta try hard enough. They're not gonna get it handed to them Marilyn Manson rocks stars trying My fans make me feel as young as they are. We share the same spirit and I share their outlook on life Marilyn Manson outlook-on-life fans spirit 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 Marilyn Manson animal art thinking Why should we believe in a god, that doesnt believe in us? Marilyn Manson atheist should believe I get shocked by people smoking cigarettes sometimes. i get shocked by watching talk shows. people's moralities are so far below what i would consider standard. Marilyn Manson anarchy smoking people I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means. Marilyn Manson spiritual believe art 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 Marilyn Manson personality character ideas 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 Marilyn Manson punishment people thinking 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 Marilyn Manson brain men thinking In the end we're all Jerry Springer Show guests, really, we just haven't been on the show. Marilyn Manson guests ends reality I'm not afraid to express the different elements of my personality, and I think there's a bad habit in America now to, label people having multiple personalities, things like this, but it's, I feel like, even on the album I describe myself as a hydra which is, many heads, many different personalities.I don't think you need to be one specific person when you can be many. Marilyn Manson personality people thinking Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining our adults? Marilyn Manson entertainment adults children Things like, people saying the new album would debut at number one on the Billboard Charts in the U.S. and I said, "No it's gonna be number Three." Because Number 3 is a very powerful number on the album. It's repeated quite often. Then it did chart an Number 3. Was it a coincidence you decide. If your in touch with your subconscious, you can really use it to your advantage Marilyn Manson powerful numbers people He's just simply John5 because he's the fifth person that we've hired. In the future, everyone will have numbers instead of names Marilyn Manson fifth names numbers I have something that makes me happy on some level and this is a good way for me to deal with the torment of that teenage life gave me Marilyn Manson teenage levels way
