I know that this shock rocker has made his impact on a lot of people. And he has done it in many different ways. What people fail to notice about Brian Warner is that he is an extremely smart man, a painter, an actor, and a poet. What his actions boil down to is simple, he knows what sells and he sells it. This is a list of quotes I have compiled by him both as a person and a performer, over the years.
“When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.” (MM, in Man That You Fear)
“I wasn’t born with enough middle fingers” (MM, in Irresponsible Hate Anthem)
“Prick your finger, it is done
The moon has now eclipsed the sun
The angel has spread its wings
The time has come for bitter things” (MM, in Antichrist Superstar)
“I’m just a sample of soul made to look just like a human being.” (MM, in I Don’t Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me))
“I’m not in love, but I’m gonna fuck you
’til somebody better comes along” (MM, in User Friendly)
“When you want it
It goes away too fast
Times you hate it
It always seems to last
But just
remember when you think you’re free
The crack inside your fucking heart is me” (MM, in Speed of Pain)
“Today I am dirty, want to be pretty
Tomorrow, I know that I’m just dirt
We are the nobodies, wanna be somebodies
When we’re dead, they’ll know just who we are” (MM, in The Nobodies)
“I would have told her then, she was the only thing, that I could love in this dying world,
but the simple word “love” itself, already died and went away” (MM, in Coma Black)
“You’re so sudden and sweet
All legs, knuckle, knees
Head’s blown clean off
Your mouth’s paid off
Fuck me ’til we know it’s unsafe” (MM, in Evidence)
“When you’re taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love?” (BW on Love)
“You should have to pass an IQ test before you breed. You have to take a driving test to operate vehicles and an SAT
test to get into college. So why don’t you have to take some sort of test before you give birth to children? When I am
President, thats the first rule I will institute.” (BW on Having Children)
“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.” (BW on His Fears)
MM: “The two by-products of that whole tragedy were, violence in entertainment, and gun control. And how perfect that that was the two things that we were going to talk about with the upcoming election. And also, then we forgot about Monica Lewinsky and we forgot about, uh, the President was shooting bombs overseas, yet I’m a bad guy because I, well I sing some rock-and-roll songs, and who’s a bigger influence, the President or Marilyn Manson? I’d like to think me, but I’m going to go with the President.”
Michael Moore: “Do you know that on the day of the Columbine massacre, the US dropped more bombs on Kosovo than any other day?
MM: ” I do know that, and I think that’s really ironic, that nobody said ‘well maybe the President had an influence on this violent behavior’ Because that’s not the way the media wants to take it and spin it, and turn it into fear, because then you’re watching television, you’re watching the news, you’re being pumped full of fear, there’s floods, there’s AIDS, there’s murder, cut to commercial, buy the Acura, buy the Colgate, if you have bad breath they’re not going to talk to you, if you have pimples, the girl’s not going to fuck you, and it’s just this campaign of fear, and consumption, and that’s what I think it’s all based on, the whole idea of ‘keep everyone afraid, and they’ll consume.’ (on the Columbine Shootings)
“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. This is rock and roll. I want to be a rock and roll star! Rock and roll is about shaking things up, making people act and react. That’s what I do.” (MM, on Being Famous)
“I’m tired of people calling me a devil worshiper. It’s kind of pointless you know. Because if the Devil did exist, he’d be worshiping me, because I’m more successful than he is.” (MM, on Being a Devil Worshiper)
“I’m not against God. I’m against the misuse of God.” (MM, in Raygun Magazine 1998)
For a man that started out as a simple music journalist with something to say about American Censorship, he has come a long way. With more than seven major album releases, countless appearances in movies like Party Monster, his name on many a soundtrack of hits such as The Matrix Reloaded, and his art clientele ranging from Jack Osborne to Nicholas Cage, he is a sure success, whether you love him or you hate him.
