The bottom line was, it's not an easy slot going on before us. I think they were unhappy with the way the crowds responded to them. It's difficult to reconcile Manson's uninhibited and at times grotesque stage performances with his articulate demeanor in interviews. His replies were never less than thoughtful, if somewhat disingenuous at times. I don't see anything unnatural about me having different levels to my personality, different parts of me that come out at different times.
Some people see that as having multiple personality disorder.
I see it as being a creative, imaginative person. Manson's latest album, Mechanical Animals , represents a significant musical and lyrical evolution from his previous work. In its swaggering sound and sly sense of humor, as well as its ambiguous sexual imagery, Mechanical Animals recalls the glam-rock golden age of '70s David Bowie. He was one of the few people that stood out to me as a kid. There was a whole world that he created, along with people like KISS, and Prince and Madonna and Boy George.