NOVEMBER/NOVIEMBRE 2000
Manson Interview Snippets From November Visions Magazine
Why Manson decided there won't be a movie to "Holy Wood":
"It turned out that - ironically, just like in the story - everyone wanted to make the movie more commercial and wanted to transform it into something positive. With the book, I could make it exactly how I wanted it to be, but you can't control that with a movie."
"My first experience with the internet was that it was used to hurt me. Instead, I've changed my attitude and used it to my advantage. The internet is a very legitimate place to let a revolution take place. At the moment a lot of things are reminding me of the time at the end of the 60's. You have this angst again and certain needs. That's the potential for a cultural change. And I think, the internet might even be the right place for that."
" 'Coma White' represents what I've been obsessed and fascinated with. I wanted to be a person or a drug or whatever. In 'Coma Black" I find out, that that was wrong. In my story, Coma White is the person who Adam falls in love with. His actions lead to Coma White's eventual disappearance. When people read the book, the song will obtain another meaning. "
"If I do something, some people just want to be entertained by it. Some just want to listen to the music, others want to go a little deeper and want to think or talk about it. It would be unfair for every artist to expect everyone to interpret the same thing from someone's work. That's the good thing about art: everyone can just take what he wants from it."
Talking about Manson-Clones:
"It is hard to be an individual and get together with others, because you often end up turning into the person, you originally ganged up against. Even in a rock concert, when everyone might agree in the sense of being against a certain organization, they in that moment end up being an organization too. But I think that that's probably the first step in finding your own way. It's difficult to find something with which you can identify yourself. Music can be important in that way, and that's why there are people who identify with me and eventually that leads them to be themselves. The same thing happened to me. It isn't a bad thing."
"I think that I feel like I did back when I grew up. I feel a grudge, and a longing to prove what I'm worth. A lot of people raise their kids and treat them as if they're worthless. And I think that when you raise people as if they were worthless, they'll end up treating others as if they were worthless."
About his fascination with "Adam":
"In some songs on the record I sing "Adam", but sometimes I'll also sing "Atom". It's a fascinating notion for me, that Adam was the first person who was created and that mankind later invented the atomic bomb, with which he could extinguish himself - and both have almost the same name. Beginning and End."
