Quotes by Charles Manson
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Wikipedia Summary for Charles Manson
Charles (Charlie) Milles Manson (né Maddox; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971, Manson was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including the film actress Sharon Tate. The prosecution contended that, while Manson never directly ordered the murders, his ideology constituted an overt act of conspiracy.
Before the murders, Manson had spent more than half of his life in correctional institutions. While gathering his cult following, Manson was a singer-songwriter on the fringe of the Los Angeles music industry, chiefly through a chance association with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, who introduced Manson to record producer Terry Melcher. In 1968, the Beach Boys recorded Manson's song "Cease to Exist", renamed "Never Learn Not to Love" as a single B-side, but without a credit to Manson. Afterward, Manson attempted to secure a record contract through Melcher, but was unsuccessful.
Manson would often talk about the Beatles, including their 1968 self-titled album. According to Los Angeles County District Attorney, Vincent Bugliosi, Manson felt guided by his interpretation of the Beatles' lyrics and adopted the term "Helter Skelter" to describe an impending apocalyptic race war. During his trial, Bugliosi argued that Manson had intended to start a race war, although Manson and others disputed this. Contemporary interviews and trial witness testimony insisted that the Tate–LaBianca murders were copycat crimes intended to exonerate Manson's friend Bobby Beausoleil. Manson himself denied having instructed anyone to murder anyone.
Manson's notoriety as an emblem of insanity, violence, and the macabre influenced pop culture. Recordings of songs written and performed by Manson were released commercially, starting with Lie: The Love and Terror Cult (1970). Since his incarceration, various musicians have covered some of his songs. Although originally sentenced to death in 1971, his sentence was commuted to life with the possibility of parole after the California Supreme Court invalidated the state's death penalty statute in 1972. He served his life sentence at the California State Prison, Corcoran and died at age 83 in late 2017.
Animals shouldn't be hunted and nature shouldn't be disturbed, even destroyed, to benefit the whims of mankind.
Prison is a frame of thought, we're all our own prisons, were each our own wardens and we do our own time. See prison is in your mind, can't you see I'm free?
Prison is a frame of thought, we're all our own prisons, were each our own wardens and we do our own time. See prison in your mind, can't you see I'm free?
I know this: that in your own hearts and your own souls, you are as much responsible for the Vietnam War as I am for killing these people.
Look down on me and you see a fool, look up at me and you see a god. Look straight at me and you see yourself.
I can't judge any of you. I have no malice against you and no ribbons for you. But I think that it is high time that you all start looking at yourselves, and judging the lie that you live in.
I can't dislike you, but I will say this to you: you haven't got long before you are all going to kill yourselves, because you are all crazy. And you can project it back at me, but I am only what lives inside each and every one of you.
I'm probably one of the most dangerous men in the world if I want to be. But I never wanted to be anything but me.
My father is the jailhouse. My father is your system... I am only what you made me. I am only a reflection of you.
You are going to use this courtroom to kill me? I am going to fight for my life one way or another. You should let me do it with words.
These children that come at you with knives, they are your children. You taught them. I didn't teach them. I just tried to help them stand up.
So for you people who are filled with fear that I might someday be released: breathe easy, I don't see it happening.
