--Making up Minds- Hit Parader October 1997 MM:"People will have to make up their minds. We don't tell them how to think. People have to find what is going to work for them. You have to inspire people who want to do something different with their lives. There's so many people out there who don't realize that they can have the chance to be something different. If there's some people out there looking for that chance, then I hope I can point them in the right direction."
--My Kindred Spirits in Revolution- Hit Parader October 1997 MM:"I believe nothing happens by accident. My fame has happened for a reason. My fans are my kindred spirits in revolution. If anyone chooses to ignore the message or the messenger, they do so at their own risk. Believe it or not, there are many more people out there that understand what I am trying to do than society wants to admit. The way I live my life represents a much bigger part of America than anyone would care to imagine."
--Ride at your Own Risk- The Hard Report MM:"Marilyn Manson shows are like that sign that you see outside of an amusement park 'Ride at your own Risk.' That makes you want to go in, just hearing the name Marilyn Manson is like saying 'Ride at your own Risk'."
--Before the World is Destroyed- Politically Incorrect- August 13, 1997 MM:"It's very admirable to be idealistic. You know. I want people to Think, but I'm not trying to think I can save the World. Maybe they only deserve to be entertained before they're all destroyed."
--Parents Should teach their Kids - Politically Incorrect- August 13, 1997 MM:"I think if parents spent more time trying to censor rock music and art and movies and things like that, and they spent the time teaching their kids to appreciate and understand those things, and to know what's right and what's wrong, then that's more valuable time spent."
--Basic Good Person - Politically Incorrect- August 13, 1997 MM:"I have basic principles that kind of exist in all religions, even Christianity. The fundamentals. You know, you don't kill people. A basic good person. I'm not a Minister of anything. I read both Bibles. I read the Christian Bible, too."
--Burden of Originality - Metal Edge Magazine MM:"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 suppose to like, what they're suppose to buy, and what they're suppose to laugh at. You have Beavis and Butthead telling you what music you're allowed to like and not like, and you've got sitcoms that have canned laughter that lets you know when to laugh if you're too stupid to know when the joke is. People are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves because America has raised them like that."
--Thinking People - Metal Edge Magazine MM:"There are so many different levels of things that you can say to people, and everyone's going to get something really different out of what I say, but the most I can hope for is for people to want to find some sort of truth, to be themselves, and to encourage them to think."
--Being Afraid - Metal Edge Magazine MM:"So many people are afraid to enjoy life, they're too worried about thriving off their own suffering. They love to live in fear, whether it's going to hell, the end of the world, Aids, crime, whatever it's got to be, people love to be afraid. That's why they love to be afraid. That's why they love to watch the News, they love to look at car crashes, or they love to listen to Marilyn Manson. People want their Fear, so in return. I give it to them."
--Learn from Everybody - Metal Edge Magazine MM:"You have something to learn from everybody. It's not to say that you have to like what those people have done, but at least respect them in a strange way because they had the motivation and power to attempt the things they did."