Manson Quotes

“He felt that anything he wanted ought to be his no matter what.”
― Jeff Guinn, Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson

“If anything was certain, it was that there would always be people looking for someone to tell them what to believe in and what to do.”
― Jeff Guinn, Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson

“They were suffering from a diminished heart, a diminished soul.”
― Jeff Guinn, Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson

“Manson liked to brag that prison was his daddy and the street was his mother.”
― Jeff Guinn, Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson

“in a city that had long ago waived most moral or legal limits for the famous, their philosophy was “We’re us, there are no rules, we get to do this.”
― Jeff Guinn, Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson

“When she learned of the verdicts, Nancy Maddox pulled her granddaughter, Jo Ann, aside and whispered, "Life is like always living under a big rock. Always look at it and pray that it won't fall on you." Nancy felt as though she had been buried under an avalanche.”
― Jeff Guinn, Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson

“Revelation, Charlie explained, predicted that locusts would come, and locusts were, of course, beetles—the Beatles. John said that the locusts would have “scales like iron breastplates”—according to Charlie, these were the Beatles’ guitars. And there was more: Revelation also told of angels coming to earth, with the first four being the Beatles. The fifth, “given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit,” was Charlie.”
― Jeff Guinn, Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson

“Charlie was booked as “MANSON, CHARLES M., AKA JESUS CHRIST, GOD.”
― Jeff Guinn, Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson

“Charlie still likes to listen to music, mostly vintage rock ’n’ roll as well as Sinatra. His favorite actor is John Wayne, and he is also a fan of comedian George Lopez.”
― Jeff Guinn, Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson