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"... I believe the cure for any depression is expression in your heart, and Gottfried Helnwein was one of the most supportive people towards me. He was the one who gave me that advice, and he was correct with it.
'Personal Jesus' says everything that I would say if I were to write a song right now. I was listening to it on a CD I just bought because I wanted to really take a step away from the world. I wasn't sure if I was going to put out a 'best of' or if I was going to do anything in general with music, because there's a frustration level that the more commercial you are, the more marginal you are - also, the lack of art that exists in entertainment, and the lack of interest. People are much more content with watching The Real World and reality television, than living their own lives, or watching something that comes from imagination.


		22. wrzesień 2004 NEWS Vienna Evie Sullivan Los Angeles DIE ANSICHTEN EINES CLOWNS Marilyn Manson. News sprach mit der scharfzüngigen Kultfigur. News: Ihr letztes Video "sAINT" wurde in den USA verboten. Warum? Manson: Weil ich keine künstlerischen Kompromisse eingehen wollte und daher das dunkelste, intimste und furchtloseste Video meiner Laufbahn kreiert habe. ich habe sogar selbst die Kosten dafür getragen, um unabhängig zu bleiben. Das Video hat mich an den Rand eines Nervenzusammenbruchs gebracht. NEWS: Wie haben Sie sich davon wieder erholt? Manson: Mein Mentor in allen künstlerischen Belangen, der österreichische Künstler Gottfried Helnwein hat mich daran erinnert, dass die einzige Medizin dagegen Kreativität ist, die aus dem Herzen kommt. Als ich wieder zu arbeiten begann, war ich geheilt.


		INTERVIEW WITH MARILYN MANSON by Evie Sullivan (This is the transcript of an interview with Marilyn Manson, conducted by Evie Sullivan for INROCK (Japan) and NEWS (Austria). It took place in Los Angeles, July, 2004 )


		Marilyn Manson: "... I believe the cure for any depression is expression in your heart, and Gottfried Helnwein was one of the most supportive people towards me. He was the one who gave me that advice, and he was correct with it. 'Personal Jesus' says everything that I would say if I were to write a song right now. I was listening to it on a CD I just bought because I wanted to really take a step away from the world. I wasn't sure if I was going to put out a 'best of' or if I was going to do anything in general with music, because there's a frustration level that the more commercial you are, the more marginal you are - also, the lack of art that exists in entertainment, and the lack of interest. People are much more content with watching The Real World and reality television, than living their own lives, or watching something that comes from imagination. INTERVIEW WITH MARILYN MANSON, by Evie Sullivan, Inrock, Japan and News, Austria, Los Angeles, July, 2004


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