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with Friends, Family, and Teachers. It is to Broaden your Views. There are 4 Parts to this Letter so don't forget about the rest
of the parts. Even put it on your web site.
--Setting Down the Mic Stand - Circus Magazine February 18 1997 MM:"There is an end to what I'm doing. I see the end,
and I even talk about it on Antichrist Superstar. I have certain goals and certain expectations to achieve before I plan on setting
down my Mic-stand." Marilyn Manson
Whether you know or don't know who Marilyn Manson is, you will still gain new perspectives about how a man formed a
band in order to teach people to be individuals, to think for themselves, and to hold up a mirror to America and say this is who
you really are. Since the band shows extreme positive and negative aspects, some of you will be surprised to know that
Marilyn is a Christian at heart wanting to become pure again. The quotes speak for themself. Taking on BOTH
PERSONALITIES...The "Marilyn Part" and the "Manson Part" (2 different Parts.) While the "Antichrist Superstar" is the part
of man that "REJECTS GOD" Why?....Cause he had to sell his soul to get to this position, but he said that is the only way to
get the message across. He said there is an exit to what he does. All 4 parts of this letter will change the Manson Haters view
about him. The World spreads its legs for another star.Manson himself, has read this letter, and praised the time and effort put
into it's creation. Someone did have to go this far. These are his words:
--What impression do you want to make on Americas youth?
MM:"If I could just get them to WANT AN ANSWER, then they'll find it on their own. I don't have any answer for them.
There is a distinct lack of leadership, idols, icons, and superstars for kids to identify with. When I was a kid there was a lot of
people that I could look to or look up to and it just seems like there's not that anymore.
--Could you explain the vision and concept that you had for Marilyn Manson when you first formed the band?- MTV Europe
MM:"Well, the idea, 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, uh, diametrically opposed archetypes.
--Do you want to become innocent again? - Guitar School Magazine
MM:"That's what Smells Like Children was about. It was a metaphor for wanting to be a kid again, and wishing that I hadn't
been exposed to all the things I have been exposed to, so that I once again could be pure."
--Society/Scapegoats - Huh Magazine October 1996
MM:"Society has traditionally always tried to find scapegoats for its problems Well, here I am."
--Corrupting Youth - Huh October 1996
MM:"Parents and legislators love to blame people like us for corrupting the youth of this country, but the kids were corrupted
long before we ever got to them."
--Envisioned World - Huh October 96
MM:"In the world that I envision, Marilyn Manson isn't necessary. But that's not the world we live in."
--Growing up what did you want to be? - CFNY May 30 1996
MM:"I use to want to be a writer, I wanted to write stories, but I tried that, and found that this was the way to get things across
this way."
--The album Antichrist Superstar - Circus Magazine February 18, 1997
MM:"There will always be misconceptions, people will misconceive this record as being purely evil, either Satanic or Fascist.
But it's so hard to put into any of those terms because it's extreme. Its positive and negative in its purest form."
--American Teenager :Is it harder to be an American Teenager now than it was in the past?
--RIP Magazine November 96
MM:"Yes there's to much information. People are open to so many things to worry about. Prior to television, people didn't
know how ugly the world was because they never had the chance to see it. People didn't know how ugly auto accidents were.
People didn't get to see the effects of disease in full color. Children today are very desensitized."
--Individuality - Hit Parader December 1996
MM:"Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference."
--Desire to be Pure again.- Details December 1996
MM:"My desire is to be pure again and not dirtied by the world. But it's my duty to be as ugly and as filthy as I am, so the
audience can experience what I have."
--On America - Metal Hammer
MM:"I'm everything they're afraid of. Everything they hate. Everything they try and hide, and a lot more besides, I speak my
mind and show people what's out there in reality. They're using me as a bogeyman, but I'm reflecting it all back like a mirror."
--Your reality - Underscope November 1995
MM"If your reality is the same as my reality, then you're in trouble."
--Stupidity - Rolling Stone January 23 1997
MM:"There's always been this underlying theme in the stuff I do. It's teaching people not to be so stupid"
--How would you react if some kid did something tragically stupid as a direct result of his exposure to a Marilyn Manson
album or concert? Kerrang December 14 1996
MM:"I'd feel like they'd proven my point by mis-perceiving me. If somebody were to kill themselves or somebody else, that
would just go to show how ignorant people were raised. You know. If they had to use a rock song as an excuse to not go on
living, it's pretty weak. I'm creating music, and I'm saying what I experience and what's on my mind. How somebody relates to
it is purely up to them. If people want to be like me then they should be themselves because ultimately that's what I'm doing."
--Stupid weak people - RIP February 1995
MM:"I don't really have a place in my heart for stupid or weak people. There's to many people in the world, and they need to
make way for the people who can actually contribute something to society."
--What do you hope to accomplish with the album Antichrist Superstar? - Hit Parader February 1997
MM:"We are a positive band and people aren't use to seeing the extreme negativity that we represent. I hope this record will
have a positive effect on people. It's my personal study of looking at life. I came close to death and found my way back again.
Our fans will understand."
--Album interpretations - Hit Parader February 1997
MM:"This album is a complete piece of art that changes with peoples interpretations"
--How is Marilyn Manson gonna make the world a better place? - Guitar World
MM:"It's something people are gonna have to do for themselves. I'm just gonna make them want it. Everybody has the ability.
Every man and woman is a star. It just takes the time to realize they need the personal strength to acknowledge what they are,
and I'm just trying to wake that up in everybody."
--Underground secret, Selling out - Backstage Salt Lake City show
MM:"That's part of being a band, being entertainers. The more people that we reach, the better. I don't want to remain an
underground secret. However we still want to hang onto what we're about."
--Ideal Utopia - Capitol BRM
MM:"I think my ideal utopia would be to surround myself with people who are intelligent and responsible for themselves and
not what television might want to impress on them. That would be my criteria for intelligence."
--Things have gone to far - Spin March 1997
MM:"There's days when I'd love everybody to realize that things have gone to 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."
--Love/Hate - SLC "F" Magazine
MM:"A lot of people think that I hate everything, but there's some things in life that I love, and the things I do love are very
important. They're just few and far between."
--About the Internet - SLC "F"
MM:"I'm not really into the internet, it just seems to be a gossip column for people who have nothing else to do with they're
lives, but I'm sure they can turn it into something good eventually."
--A lot of what the album is about seems to be attempting to change peoples perspectives, which I think is a very interesting
concept. Is that why the album, you can enjoy it on many different levels? - MTV Europe, Headbangers Ball Dec12 96
MM:"I hope so, I mean, I don't expect everyone to get something, you know, deep out of it. Some people can just listen to it
for the music or get their agressions out, but I think with any great painting or movie or album, or whatever, it's better if people
can take what they need from it, that they're not expected to get some particular message.
--Pissed off - MTV Europe Headbangers Ball Dec 10 96
MM:"So anybody with any bit of intelligence has got to be pised off because if they see how things are in the world, they're not
going to be happy with it."
--Would you like to have a family someday?
MM:"I like the idea. I don't know if it's something that could come true or work out possibly. I don't know if I would want to
bring a kid into the world, but I would like the opportunity to be a father"
--Understand Manson - Rolling Stone Jan 23 97
MM:"I have people come up to me and ask me if they can cut me while I cut them, or if I can put out a cigarette on their face. I
can understand that people are trying to make a first impression, but I think a lot of people don't understand what Marilyn
Manson is about."
--Stupid People - Capitol Ballroom Nov 9 95
MM:"I don't think stupid people should breed."
--Individuality - Gaston Gazette Dec 4 95
POGO:"People are all into the bullshit magic aspects of it, black masses and all that stupid Devil Worship crap. Satanism is all
about individuality and doing what you need to do. So once again stuff gets misinterpreted."
--Another Album - MTV Europe Alternative Nation Dec 12 96
MM:"Yeah, if we're all not dead we might go ahead and make another one."
--Church of Satan - Huh Oct 96
MM:"I don't want people to mis-conceive me as a spokesperson for the Church of Satan."
--Smoking - Underscope
"I don't believe in cigarettes, in fact when people smoke, I can't hear what they're saying. I've fine tuned myself to shut out the
words of smokers. So I miss out on a lot of conversations."
--Innocent - Rolling Stone Jan 23 97
MM:"In many ways, I wish that I could start all over and once again appreciate the taboos. It would be great to be innocent
again."
--Only thing he fears - MTV Europe Headbangers Ball December 10 1996
MM:"Usually if I'm afraid, I just take it on. I do it, thenI'm not afraid of it anymore. I think the only thing I fear is failure. So I
just try my hardest to do the best at what I do."
--What is Man's greatest flaw? - American Online Interview
MM:"His inability to acknowledge and control his animal instincts."
--People hating Marilyn Manson - XS June 29 1994
MM:"What good would Marilyn Manson be if no one hated Marilyn Manson."
--What are your views on Drugs and Drug users? - America Online Interview
MM:"I respect strong people. Some people can handle drugs and some people can't. I don't respect drug addicts."
--Killing - America Online Interview
MM:"I don't advocate killing, but killing is killing. Except I don't believe that what Charles Manson did is any worse than what
my dad did in Vietnam. At least Manson had a reason."
--Why do you do this? - America Online Interview
MM:"Because it's the only way I can deal with life."
--Rock Star - Access Nov 96 issue 20
MM:"I've always wanted a lot of people to hear what I have to say. I've always wanted to be a rock star. It wasn't something
that I was trying to avoid, because I think people need an anti-hero to come along and show them the other side and the more
people that hear that the better."
--Journalism - Request
MM:"I even considered being a journalist, but I realized that I wanted to have people write about me, instead of write about
them."
--Sweet Dreams - Request
MM:"Sweet dreams was a carefully placed piece of cheese on a rat trap. That lured in a lot of people that wouldn't of normally
heard of Marilyn Manson. But in that they got their neck snapped on the rat trap. They didn't bargain for the other stuff they
were gonna get."
--Marilyn Monroe - Request
MM:"I've rarely had people ask me about my interest in Marilyn Monroe, yet they always gravitate towards the darker half. I
think that's a part of the statement of Marilyn Manson itself"
--Being Moody - Request
MM:"I only know I'm moody because people tell me I am. I know it's hard for people to have a relationship with me, because
my moods change so drastically. I can be very pissed off, and turn that off in a minute and be in a good mood again. It can go
the other way too. I guess I'm just very sensitive to what goes on around me. People expect me to be insensitive because of my
extreme behavior, but it's really a reflection of how sensitive I am. If I wasn't sensitive, I wouldn't be so pissed off and feel so
strong about things."
--Changes in Society - Request
MM:"I do feel the Cassandra Complex , where you know the future, but can't change it. I really want for things to be better,
then I get depressed and pissed off and think. Fuck it, why bother? That's where Antichrist Superstar comes from. I expect to
see some changes in Society from what I do, and I won't stop till I see a change."
--Memory - MTV Europe Headbangers Ball December 10 1996
MM:"I try to do things in a way that people remember' em and that makes people Think."
--Racism and Artists - Guitar World
MM:"It's beyond fascism and it's beyond racism and sexism. If you were to say "I like only white people." There's a bunch of
white people that suck and make it under the fence and they get a free ride. So I couldn't possibly like only white people. I
judge people on their intelligence and on their personality. I think the only thing that counts in the world is what you can
contribute to society. Thats why in a perfect world, America would be run by artists, musicians, writers, and people of that
nature because these are the people that make the world worth living."
--What is the source of your energy? - Guitar School
MM:"It would be easier to say what isn't the source. It's everything. I'm a person who watches everything. When I go places I
watch people. I listen to what my dreams are doing. I listen to voices on cellular phones that I'm not suppose to be hearing. I
listen to conversations people have. I'm in tune with everything. When you get to the frequency where everything is audible to
you, then you find everything really ties together. It can be scary for some people, but if you're a part of it, it's kind of exciting."
--The World - Guitar School
MM:"The world doesn't revolve around the sun, it revolves around a giant cock. That is what the world is about: it's about sex.
Anybody who doesn't want to realize this is fooling themselves. People are bored because they've done everything they can do.
So now the fear of death is the only thing that gets them excited. That's why some people have made me into some type of sex
symbol. I'm death on wheels the way I look."
-Ideas growing up
MM:"I had lots of different ideas but no real way to express them, and I decided that music would be the way to make them
last forever."
--Good & Evil - Huh Oct 96
MM:"Good and Evil is the balance that makes a person. People have the potiental to be good, but man as an animal is, by
nature, evil because...It's the whole Garden of Eden thing, Man chose the wrong path."
--About his parents - Huh Oct 96
MM:"I don't think they understand everything I do."
--Jeans - Kerrang Nov 96
MM:"The most outrageous thing I could imagine ever doing is putting on a pair of jeans and going to the shopping mall for my
lunch. That would be pretty gross."
--Hating the way Marilyn Manson looks
MM:"That's not wrong, that's a part of human nature. The old saying of looks don't matter, I don't agree with that. It's very
important. The way you look is how you represent yourself to people and that's why I look the way I do. I want people to
know what I'm about by looking at me. So if they see a picture and they don't like it. Maybe they're not supposed to, it's not
right for them. I don't disrespect them."
--Young Teens or Pre Teens listening to Marilyn Manson - Metal Maniacs Feb 1997
MM:"That's the age when I think people are really trying to find themselves and are looking to find an icon. It's the same age
when I got into music."
--What literary references do you draw upon? - Guitar School Magazine
MM:"I'm into philosophers like Nietzche, Freud, Darwin, Crowley, LaVey, Ronald Dahl (wonka), Dr. Seuss, even the King
James Version of the Holy Bible."
--Do your fans become scared, converted, entertained or what? -Guitar School Magazine
MM:"It's like an amusement park. It's part of people nature to be attracted to their own death and to fear. That's why this
record is three cycles of death happening, and that's why people will gravitate toward it. Whether in outrage or in open arms,
people will gravitate toward it."
--To the Fans - Circus January 1997
MM:"It's really important for me to get across to our fans that whenever I put myself in different circumstances. It is to learn
from it so I can relay it to others."
--A Dream - Circus Magazine January 1997
MM:"I had a nightmare the other night, that people were trying to stab me and shoot me and things like that. I don't know what
gives me that nightmare, but I pay very close attention to my dreams. It's a whole separate reality if you want it to be. Consider
your time asleep, which is half of your life most of the time, to be what is real. When you are awake and in the so called real
world. That's just as much of a dream as you want it to be. It's all in your openness to perceive how things relate."
--So what do you hate? - Details December 1996
MM:"I hate when I go somewhere and people are smiling and laughing and having a good time. It makes me depressed."
--Something Important to do - Details December 1996
MM:"I've had this sense since I was a kid that I've got something important to do."
--What's left to do for the twenty first century? - Details Magazine December 1996
MM:"We can't go any further without starting over. It's like what sexual positions are left, what other violence can you show,
what other drugs can you do, what other thing can you get pierced? It's all been done. Sickly enough, maybe we can all be
excited by the taboos once again."
--Till then what is your guilty pleasure? - Details December 1996
MM:"Watching the 700 club hoping they'll mention me."
--New Life - Details December 1996
MM:"So I hope each time The Album is played, it brings people one step closer to the end of the world in their hearts or in
their flesh.
--And when they get to the end of the world what will they arrive at?
MM:"The beginning of a new one that's better."
--That sounds kinda Christian Marilyn.
MM:"That's the paradox (laughs) sometimes I think the most shocking thing I could do would be to behave politely and speak
of Christian morality."
--On ACsupertar - Guitar World Magazine December 1996
MM:"I consider it to be a record about individuality and personal strength, putting yourself through a lot of temptations and
torments, seeing your own death and growing from it. In the end it has an even positive, even Christian element to it. But it's by
seeing everything else that you get to that point. It's our Alpha and Omega.(Beginning and End)
--Awaken the Individual - Guitar World December 1996
"The mythology of the Antichrist could be as something or someone disbelieving in God. They Make themselves and Antichrist
as well. I look at myself as the person to awaken individuals. The record is a different interpretation of the classic story in the
Holy Bible of the fallen Angel."
--What shocks you? - Guitar World December 1996
MM:"I get shocked by people smoking cigarettes sometimes. I get shocked by watching talk shows. Peoples moralities are so
far below what I would consider standard. SAT results should be directly linked to a death sentence. Those who don't reach a
certain score would be executed."
--Life - Hit Parader December 1996
MM:"Everything I possess is about appreciating life and not wasting it."
--The Band - Hit Parader December 1996
MM:"I am only 27. We are a young band with a very long way to go. I have always loved that general icon impact. We hope
to be around for a long time to come but we still need to establish ourselves in a way that those great people have inspired us."
--The song Man That You Fear - Metal Edge Magazine January 1997
MM:"It's accepting things for the way that they are and whether that's dying in the world, or if it's being born again or whatever.
That's going to be for people to decide how they want to really apply that, but for me that was the way for me to finish this
whole thing."
--Children - RIP Magazine November 1996
MM:"I've found fantasy television shows to be a greater escape. The imagination is something that should be appreciated.
That's why I think children are innately magic, because they realize the power of their minds and haven't been de-purified by
television."
--Creativity - Huh Magazine October 1996
MM:"If someone listen's to our music, and it makes them creative, that makes me happier than anything."
--The Band's concept - Huh October 1996
MM:"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."
--The Band - Huh magazine October 1996
MM:"Marilyn Manson is God's punishment for the sins you created for yourselves."
--End of the World -Metal Edge January 1997
MM:"The end of the was always something that fascinated me since I was 13, because I was told that it was coming. I kept
staying up every night being terrified about the end of the world and at some point when I finally realized that it wasn't
happening I guess I almost became what I was afraid of."
--Predestination of God - Metal Edge January 1997
--Where did you find your new guitar player Zim Zum, was it a hard process?
MM:"Yeah it was a hard process, but it was one of those predestination things."
--Zim Zum The Names Meaning - Metal Edge Magazine January 1997 MM:"The name, if people were really to do their
research, it's a religious term that referred to one of the Servants of God in the early days, the old testament God was much
more malevolent. It was someone who was doing the dirty work, and he seemed to be someone who was doing our dirty
work, so it made a lot of sense."
--Scar - Metal Edge January 1997
-- You've been in the Fan position?
MM:"Yeah and have been scarred by other bands the same way people have been scarred by me."
--Grandfather - Spin March 1997
MM:"He had this train set in his basement, and when he turned on the train, it was to mask the sound of his masturbating. I
would tell my parents, but nobody would believe me. He was the one who convinced me that things were supposed to be pure
and American. But they weren't."
--Fans - Spin Mar 97
MM:"No matter how much they love you, they want a tragedy."
--Apocalypse - Spin Mar 97
MM:"But it's also a call to arms. It's a pep rally for the apocalypse."
--Oprah - RIP Nov 96
--Would you like to be on Oprah?
MM:"I don't believe that Oprah deals with any subjects of real value. Not that other talk shows do, but she seems to have gone
to a different level and doesn't have the psychological ammo to provide an interesting conversation."
--Being Remembered - RIP Nov 96
--Do you want to be remembered?
MM:"Absolutely. I believe your remembrance is your immortality. What you leave in this world is that part of you that lives on
forever."
--Being Lonely with an Imagination - Metal Edge Jan 97
MM:"I think that when you're a lonely person, your imagination is your best friend. So I think it comes from that, my
childhood."
--Antichrist Superstar - Circus Feb 18 97
MM"The record is about seeing death and growing from it. In the end, It's about being Strong and being Alive. I know there
are so many people out there who are so ready to jump on me and blame me for teen suicide when that's the farthest thing from
my intentions."
--As a Kid - Huh October 1996
MM"Escapism was what it was about for me. I didn't really like and wasn't th person that I wanted to be in the world, so I was
the person I wanted to be in my own head."
--Something Strong - Huh Oct 96
MM:"I don't care if something's good or bad or if it's Christian or Anti-Christian. I want something that's strong, something that
believes in itself."
--How do you see yourself 5 years from now? - Hit Parader Dec 96
MM:"Either dead or the biggest rock band in the world. We'll see what happens. We know our fans will be there for us."
--Tidal Waves - CMJ Jan 1997
MM:"Without being self aggrandizing. I've seen the little tidal waves that I've caused in the music industry, and how people are
becoming more evolved in their images. And there are a lot of new Marilyn Mansonesque people, but I don't get mad at those
thingsIt's like there's one real Santa Claus, but there's a lot of fake ones at themall."
--Antichrist Superstar - Kerrang Dec 1996
MM"You wont get to see Antichrist Superstar at his greatest, but even at it's weakest, it'll still be greater than most things you'll
ever see."
--Human Shit - Kerrang Dec 14 96
MM:"I've never smoked human shit, but I'm willing to try."
--Idea - Kerrang December 14 96
MM:"I've always looked at everything I do as if it were my favorite band, y' know, I like to present things with every element
possible. From the image to the music, to politics, to philosophy, to the religious aspects."
--Imagination - Kerrang December 14 96
MM"Well I hope that with our music we can inspire othe 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."
--Image - CMJ January 1997
MM"I'm not anything like Brad Pitt or Antonio Banderas, but maybe it's the taboo element of my image, which is almost
deathlike, that attracts them. I should be the last person that they should be attracted to."
--Beautiful People - CMJ January 97
MM"The Beautiful People is a statement on the fascism of beauty. With commercialism and television, everything's completely
dictated to you, and if you don't fit into the status quo. Your made to feel not as good as everyone else."
--Weren't some of the songs influenced by your dreams? - Hit Parader February 97
MM:"Yes these were dreams that took place over a course of two or three years. Night dreams, not exactly nightmares, but
dreams that I had of things like Angels for example."
--Criticism - Hit Parader February 97
MM:"I could care less about what people in the music business have to say, or what they think of me or my music. The music
on our record speaks for itself. Were happy with it and that's enough. So far our fans seem to be happy too. That's all that
really matters."
--Critics - Hit Parader February 97
MM:"It doesn't bother me because I've never been bothered by what critics say."
--What would you be doing if you weren't in music? - Zine September 24 1994
MM:"I think I might be a third grade teacher or a TV evangelist. Something where I could be getting at peoples minds....when
they're most vulnerable."
--What does your Mom make of all of this? - Guitar World
MM:"She's very supportive. She feels responsible, so she has no other choice but to accept it. It's a whole other story if I gotta
talk about my mom. She doesn't play guitar so I shouldn't say anything. My mom imagines things. She wakes up in the middle
of the night and has visions of people standing at the foot of her bed. Demons and stuff like that."
--What scares you. - September 24 94
MM:"Probably myself. The fear of losing control of myself:That's probably my biggest fear. I hate weak people. I always try to
be in control of my life. I think my biggest fear is being weak."
--How would you raise your kids? - September 24 94
MM:"Yeah I do want to have kids someday and I would show them everything. I wouldn't hold anything back from them. I
think if you show kids reality and stop trying to protect them from it, then they can handle it."
--What influences your music? - CFNY May 30 96
MM:"I'm influenced by everything I see around me. I take in a lot. I'm kind of a observer, I like to sit around and watch
people. I like to see how people do things. I write down things that I have in dreams a lot. I try to put myself through a lot of
different experiences so I can learn from them. I've done a lot of things in my time, done a lot of drugs, done a lot of messed
things, and gone through it and seen it all, and been back and I feel like I've got a good outlook on everything now that I've
experienced everything. So I just try and take everything in. There's no one thing that inspires me."
--Raising Children - Mmslgrl December 4 1996
TWIGGY:"We want to raise the children the parents aren't raising."
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