Most of these are love songs where I'm trying to come to grips with relationships. They're frequently told from the point of view of ex-lovers, so at first it may seem like I'm being arrogant, but actually I'm eating humble pie. I'm cutting open a vein and letting it bleed for you. |
My mouth has a tendency to get me into trouble, but because I'm so small and I take on people who are lager than me. If someone punched me, I'd get my drummer beat them up. |
Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool. |
Schizophrenic is the best word - I change from day to day. I can be quite confusing. Indecisive, workaholic, and tired today. |
So, then you find yourself in a situation where you have to do things because they're on offer to you, because you don't have much self-respect left. You just can't say no, even to something that you've never done before. You just can't help yourself. |
The more you'll dress up the more fun you'll have. |
The thing about Manson I've always liked is that he's challenged the mores of America, |
There's a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus... it's where all the freaks go - it's the environment for me. |
They're getting used to it. I think fear is slowly turning into pride: I think they were quite perturbed in the beginning, but they're coming round to it. I was always a bit of a loose cannon, then again I was always the artistic one: bit of a social misfit. I probably still am. |
To write beautiful music and communicate real emotion, and to play strong and exciting gigs. That is now our drug. |
We live in a strange bubble. |
You lose so many material possessions being on the road. You can't get too attached to stuff. And you have to remember that people must never become possessions. People are spheres intersecting. You have to make sure that one sphere doesn't ever take over the other. Individuality is absolutely the most important thing. |