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The excentric musician talks about how his brand new love, 19 year-old actress Evan Rachel Wood inspired him for his new record. He referes as well to the changes on his life and his music, the penchant for his cats and what he provokes on people. And he talks about the upcoming concert in spetember in Buenos Aires.

The once so-called “Antichrist” says he just got out of a dark period of his life. Coming from his mouth, the declaration sounds everything but ironic. But the gravity of the fact that he didn’t knew if he was going to make music ever is something that demands attention.

Marilyn Manson assures that thanks to finding his soulmate, to whom he dedicates most of his new record, now he dares to be “more human”. And that’s just the beginning. “during a lot of time I didn’t feet comfortable with myself, in this record one can me see for the first time being unprotected to write something that’s not disguised under a metaphor or a character”, he confess, masking every word, in the shadows of the Roosevelt hotel lobby, in Hollywood.

The candlelights barely iluminate the one who this time is not wearing any “rouge” lipstick. He preotects his eyes with solar glasses. “You can’t see anything, this is the perfect place for the interview” says the tour manager to “El clarín”, “He has the room pretty messed up and he doesn’t want you to see it”. Later we’ll discover that in that fancy hotel room from Los Angeles dwells his famous cat Lily White, recovered after a court case for legal custody with his ex-wife, burlesque actress Dita Von Teese.

Manson comes back to Argentina for the third time in september, and he anticipates that he’s not the same musician that has played in the city before. Musically, he feels he has discovered the secret of reinvention, inspired by unmistakable muses: Bowie, Madonna, Alice Cooper, Prince. He repeats that “I feel more human” phrase and how naked he protrays himself on the lyrics of his new album: Eat me, Drink me.

Depressed and divorced, he says he revived when he fell in love with actress Evan Rachel Wood, to who he passionately kisses Ander a blood rain on the video for Heart Shaped Glasses.

Manson is 38 since last january, she will celebrate her 20th. Birthday on september. He beleives both are meant for each other, like he says in one of his songs, Putting Holes in Happiness, his favourite; in which he sings to her: “If you’re Bonnie I’ll be your Clyde”.

It’s difficult to imagin Manson on a legal battle for his cats. How was that?

I consider them to be pretty humans and for a long time they were the unique beings to which I was able to establish a connection. I just got back Lily White, mi first kitty, I have her with me in the room (laughs). It’s unfortunate to enter in these kinds of fights, which is common, but when it got public it turned out into a drama. I guess Dita wanted to hurt me that way because I hurt her. I’m very happy with the devolution of Lily. I raised her since she was a baby, she accompanied me on the tours, the visitors of my website know her. I know it sounds insane, but I’m ver close to her, is like a child to me.

Are you ready to answer why you’re dating a 19 year-old girl?

(being hoarse, smiles) I guess I do. Si If you’d ask me the same question a few years ago I would have told you that that I was unable to relate myself with someone who wasn’t my age, but I think this is an unique situation. She is a person to whom I’ve connected mentally, it’s more about the things we like, not about me feeling younger because I date a younger person. It’s the first time I’m not ashamed or embarrased for doing the things I do. Before, I had to aspologize for the things I did.

Which things from your past embarrase you?

All my life I felt uncomfortable being myself and that’s why I felt happy when someone accepted me. The problem is that I always proyected my idea of romance which is very fairy-tale’ish, a la Bonnie and Clyde or the Bowie and Deneuve movie “The Hunger”. The idea of the total compelte sacrifice. I learnt to see that other people don’t feel the same and that’s why they don’t love you. What happened with Evan is that she also shares that idea. Her dedication is complete. I always described myself as Peter Pan. And that doesn’t mean that I’m looking for someone immature. On my birthday I told her that I felt odd for being older than her. And she answered: “You are immortal”. And it broke me down.

I read somewhere that you said that you use make-up the way girls do. What do you mean?

I think people misread the ways in which I use make up, it’s more theatrical than anything. I use it for the same reason girls use it, sometimes, like now, I apply it very carefully so it won’t be noticed. Of course I did dramatic things with make up and people are obsessed for separating who’s Brian Warner and who’s Marilyn Manson. For me it’s just semanthic.

Are you saying that there’s no distinction between you and your character?

Of course there’s a difference between the one who’s onstage and the one who’s offstage, but when I get offstage I don’t unplug totally the artist. I began to realise that if I divide what I did from who I was both things were going to die, that’s why Im trying to fit them together again. I understand I’m a difficult person. All the time people ask me why do I live in a fantasy world. And I answer to them “Why not?” and then I remember them that they can do it as well.

Some of your fans over the internet say that you have become a "sell out" with this cd, like there’s more of a pop vibe. Does it bother you?

They say I was a sell out since the first record came out and I always say that I don’t think that selling should be something to be embarrased of, because that means you’re successful. Now, if you’re trying to betray what you are, that’s something different. I can understand, because as a fan you get affected by the changes of the one you feel identified with. Maybe I’m very lucky, if I grew up and changed, people changed with me or new people came along. But at the same time it’s ironic that this album has more acceptation because I didn’t even think about taking it out as a record, I did it as a last resort to communicate with the people surrounding me. It’s a defiant album and I never felt so vulnerable. My music was my armor before and now I’m naked instead.

Your mentor, Trent Reznor, just got out of a crisis as well. You guys are neighbors in Los Angeles but you don’t get along. What made you grow up so apart?

We had rouge times and then we had a reconciliation but we ended up losing touch. I think he has always been very competitive while I’ve been not. I felt he reached apoint in which he felt I was competing with him. I never understood why he didn’t enjoy my success, he should be proud since he was the one that iniciated me.

What helped you to get out from darkness?

I’m happy of understanding at last that no matter how much do you do to yourself in terms of decadence, self-destruction, drug sor alcohol, but why. I felt miserable and added misery, and now I can do the same ammount of things but I’m enjoying my life. I don’t condone people that finds ways of rehab in other sources, being religion or rehab. But I feel I have to fix things myself. I never felt this happy on the last five years. I’m not talking about a happiness composed by flowers and sunlight everyday, but I’m happy.