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2. On his role in pop culture:
I view 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.
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3. On how to make music:
When you make a song, don't make a beat that confuses strippers.
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4. On originality:
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.
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5. On individuality:
I fear being like everyone 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 another, getting lost in something, or losing everything to get lost in. And I fear being a completely acceptable sheep in society.
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6. On truth:
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.
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7. On the dealing with people we may not understand:
Michael Moore: If you were to talk directly to the kids at Columbine or the people in that community, what would you say to them if they were here right now?
Marilyn Manson: I wouldn't say a single word to them. I would listen to what they have to say, and that's what no one did.
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8. On communication:
Most of the world's problems could be avoided if people just said what they fucking meant.
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9. On spirituality:
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.
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10. On relationships:
Relationships never break cleanly. Like a valuable vase, they are smashed and then glued back together, smashed and glued, smashed and glued until the pieces just don't fit together anymore.
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11. On imagination:
The imagination is precious. Don't lose it. Don't lose the child in you.
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12. On his influence:
I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference.
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13. On the cold hard facts of reality:
In the end we’re all Jerry Springer Show guests, really, we just haven’t been on the show.
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