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… I don't expect everyone to get something deep out of it. Some people can just listen to the music, or get their aggressions out, but I think with any great painting or movie, album or whatever it is, it's better if people can take what they need from it. That they're not forced to get some particular message.
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December 10, 1996, MTV Europe, "Headbanger's Ball"

 

Marilyn Manson

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