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
The imagination is precious. Don't lose it. Don't lose the child in you.
I'm a confession that is waiting to be heard
If you really feel hatred for someone, and kind of send it their way, then it’s out of your system and in their hands. I always think it’s therapeutic.
A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.
I traveled into the future to get back in time.
As a performer, I wanted to be the loudest, most persistent alarm clock I could be, because there didn’t seem like any other way to snap society out of its Christianity- and media-induced coma.
If every cigarette you smoke takes seven minutes off of your life, every game of Dungeons & Dragons you play delays the loss of your virginity by seven hours.
Without the threat of death, there's no reason to live... at all.
But what's real? You can't find the truth. You just pick the lie you like best. As long as you know that everything's a lie, you can't hurt yourself.
If you intend to create something that people will observe and listen to, you've got to listen to them first.
My pain's not ashamed to repeat itself
Find what you are afraid of, face it, and then you won't be afraid of it anymore.
In the end we're all Jerry Springer Show guests, really, we just haven't been on the show.
The person who thinks I worship the devil and kill animals is just as important as someone who makes an interpretation that's closer to what I intended.