I was a beatnik in the '50s before the hippies came along.

Quote by Charles Manson

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I'm not very wise to many things.

I'm not very wise to many things.

I have X'd myself from your world.

I have X'd myself from your world.

I loved my mother, she's a good girl.

I loved my mother, she's a good girl.

These children that come at you with knives, they are your children. You taught them....

These children that come at you with knives, they are your children. You taught them....

From the world of darkness I did loose demons and devils in the power of...

From the world of darkness I did loose demons and devils in the power of...

I never had long hair before I got busted. I never had a beard before...

I never had long hair before I got busted. I never had a beard before...

Getting up every day and going through this again and again is hard.

Getting up every day and going through this again and again is hard.

My father is the jailhouse. My father is your system... I am only what you...

My father is the jailhouse. My father is your system... I am only what you...

I never thought I was normal, never tried to be normal.

I never thought I was normal, never tried to be normal.

If you spit in my face and smack me in the mouth and throw me...

If you spit in my face and smack me in the mouth and throw me...

Most of the people at the ranch were just people you did not want, people...

Most of the people at the ranch were just people you did not want, people...

I will have you removed if you don't stop. I have a little system of...

I will have you removed if you don't stop. I have a little system of...

You eat meat with your teeth and you kill things that are better than you...

You eat meat with your teeth and you kill things that are better than you...

Living is what scares me. Dying is easy.

Living is what scares me. Dying is easy.

Remorse for what? You people have done everything in the world to me. Doesn't that...

Remorse for what? You people have done everything in the world to me. Doesn't that...

I've killed no one. I've ordered no one to be killed. These children who come...

I've killed no one. I've ordered no one to be killed. These children who come...

Total paranoia is just total awareness.

Total paranoia is just total awareness.

How old am I? I'm as old as my mother told me. How's that?

How old am I? I'm as old as my mother told me. How's that?

I can't dislike you, but I will say this to you: you haven't got long...

I can't dislike you, but I will say this to you: you haven't got long...

You are going to use this courtroom to kill me? I am going to fight...

You are going to use this courtroom to kill me? I am going to fight...