Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner, better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, painter, singer, rapper, author, composer and former music journalist. He is known for his controversial stage personality and image as the lead singer of the band Marilyn Manson, which he co-founded with Daisy Berkowitz and of which he remains the only constant member. His stage name was formed by juxtaposing the names of two opposing American pop cultural icons; actress Marilyn Monroe and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth5 January 1969
CityCanton, OH
CountryUnited States of America
There's days when I'd love for everybody to realize that things have gone too far, and that we need to be born again so that we can appreciate the little things... then there's other days when I think the world deserves to be destroyed. Why should I help anybody? Everybody's stepped on me my whole life. I've put on this crown... but I'm not sure if I want it.
As you keep getting more popular people are continually wanting more from you and it seems to me that all they want in the end is your death.
The most outrageous thing that I could imagine ever doing is putting on a pair of jeans and going to the shopping mall for my lunch.
After Jennifer was sent home safely with a designated driver, she later got behind the wheel of her own car for reasons known only to her.
I was always trying to do different things to entertain people. And, at the same time I think I was, whether subconsciously or not, trying to get kicked out of school because I hated it so much.
I think art is the only thing that's spirtual 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.
Just enjoy every day to the fullest. That's all you can do.
People always ask me what advantages fame has started to bring; there are always plenty of free drinks, but other times people want to put stuff in your drink to kill you off. They're going to have to try a lot harder if they want to get me.
I pity anyone who has to spend the day with me.
There was a saying that I saw on a packet of sugar and I think anyone can apply it to their life: 'Don't bother telling the truth to a friend because he already knows it, and don't bother telling the truth to an enemy because he won't believe it'.
Sometimes I like to get drunk and buy things on the internet, and then I wake up the next day and find 'em on my doorstep, and it's like Christmas. I get excited.
Anything can be misinterpreted. People can look at Christ on a cross and think, This is an image of murder, this is violent, this has sexual imagery in it. And it just - I think it's my job as an artist to be out there pushing people's buttons and making them question everything.
I do have a lot of sexual imagery in my performance. But I don't think it's ever encouraging anyone to have sex. I think I just show my own sexuality, but I don't think I've ever really written about having sex or anything like that.
You look a certain way because you want people to listen to you in a certain way.