Marilyn Manson Quotes

My mother used to go out on her own, and I used to have to keep a look out for my stepfather coming home.

Growing up, there wasn't much emphasis on being nice or naughty. As a family, there wasn't much discipline. It was more relaxed at home, which I'm grateful for.

I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you.

Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home.

My friends were raised by their maids. They didn't see their fathers, who used to travel for work, and there were facades of family vacations. I have grown up to be completely intolerant of fake relationships. That's because of how my parents were.

I never knew my father. He was never married to my mother; he was never a part of my life. It was just my mom, my brother and me.

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15.

I used to say that my own father was dead, because he might as well have been. He was in Argentina and didn't play a part in my life. He and my mother divorced when I was only two.

My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.

For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7.

My father was gone when I was three years old.

My mom had me when she was 16, and I was an only child, which is probably why I received a lot of love and didn't miss that my father wasn't around.

I grew up in a broken home. My dad was out of the home when I was five years old. I never knew him very well.

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?

My kids have never seen me scream at anybody. They've never seen an argument. There's never been even a cold silence. And those are things that I grew up with because my parents did end up divorcing.

I grew up mainly with my mother, and I would see my father from time to time. But I didn't have a constant male figure.

My dad left home when I was super young, so it was my mum bringing me and my brother up.

Cyborg was the first superhero that I've ever seen whose parent was around but just was not there for him emotionally, mentally. I related to that in a big way because, growing up, it was my mother and grandmother that raised me and my brother and sisters. I'm the second youngest of five; my father was never in the picture.

I love my mum and dad, but they were shocking providers and carers.

My mother wasn't any better than my father.

A lot of people ask why I don't talk about my dad, and I want to, I just don't have that many stories. When he moved out, he moved to a different state, so it was just my mom and I.

Reflecting back on my childhood, I know it wasn't functional. It was pretty, pretty dysfunctional, and whose isn't?

When my dad was still playing, he was away for five years on and off, so it just used to be me and my mum at home until my little brother came along when I was five.

My dad sacrificed his relationship with me so I'd be stronger for it. But I could never do it to my kids - I like to have a happy relationship with them.

My dad being not the greatest dad in the world has made me a better parent.