“Breakfast is the only meal of the day that I tend to view with the same kind of traditionalized reverence that most people associate with Lunch and Dinner.
I like to eat breakfast alone, and almost never before noon; anybody with a terminally jangled lifestyle needs at least one psychic anchor every 24 hours, and mine is breakfast. In Hong Kong, Dallas or at home—and regardless of whether or not I have been to bed—breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor should always be massive: four Bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crepes, a half-pound of either sausage, bacon or corned beef hash with diced chilies, a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of key lime pie, two margaritas and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert…Right, and there should be two or three newspapers, all mail and messages, a telephone, a notebook for planning the next 24 hours, and at least one source of good music…All of which should be dealt with outside, in the warmth of a hot sun, and preferably stone naked.”
” I got a music career, I don’t need— you know— I play music for music. I don’t play music for attention. I don’t play music to little girls. I’m not selling records. I don’t play music like you guys play music. You’re blocked up in little squares when you play music. I don’t play music like that. ”
Parole Board: You keep talking about not being able to read and write. Charles Manson: Not that well. Parole Board: You have an IQ up well over 120 and you’ve been in prison all these years. Have you done anything at all to improve your grades? Charles Manson: Grades for what? Parole Board: Have you done anything to improve your reading and writing skills? Charles Manson: Yeah, I read a book once. It was kind of boring, man. I can think better things than I could read. Reading is kind of like slowing down.
(Source: 1992 Parole Hearing)