Marilyn Manson Quotes

Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.

Acting is such a huge part of my life. It really allows me to have a creative outlet and to actually be able to have an outlet to discuss openly the things that truly I think are relevant in the world, that make a difference.

I feel like in my music I can be a rebel. I can say things I wouldn't say in real life.

I think I gravitate towards rock 'n' roll as a playground where I can say anything.

Music is about expressing things you can't in everyday life.

I find it hard to talk and say things, but I can always sing about them.

The Clash were the first big love of my life. Lyrically, they inspired me to get out, explore life, and maybe kick some doors down.

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.

Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.

I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

I always felt like I needed to act. Not that I wanted to act, but I needed to. And I still feel that same way. There's an expression that I get to have in acting that I can't consciously express in my life. It has always defined me and it always will.

I've always made music that was representative of real life.

I tend to write it and then let go emotionally.

I love pouring my heart out. People don't want to hear you whine when you're with friends, so you can sing about it instead - it's the best outlet.

I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of this and to enjoy our family life, stepping away from all the fictional traumas and the dramas. If I write about family in crisis, then I won't have to live through it, I guess.

I had feelings that I didn't know what to do with, and I felt better when I started writing them. I thought of it as poetry. I did notice girls really liked it. Better than football. They liked the combination.

I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't.

I can't imagine life without singing.

Writing is how I metabolize life and how I give and receive.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That's a real danger.

I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going through in my life. If you're going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, it's a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent.

I made the record that my life had me make. Each one is like a diary.

I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings.

Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.