- Herself - Former Reporter, LA City News: Nobody knew who did it, nobody had a clue, and Hollywood just went nuts.
- Himself - Forensic Psychologist: When you have an individual like Manson who doesn't fear any type of punishment really, he's a very dangerous individual.
- Narrator: As a child, Manson had been rejected by his mother. Now the LA music industry would do the same.
- Himself - Forensic Psychologist: Manson is not mentally ill. He's not psychotic. He's manipulative and narcissistic and psychopathic, but he's not mentally ill, and neither were the followers mentally ill
- Himself - Forensic Psychologist: When you grow up on the street - particularly if you're short and slight like Manson is - you have to be able to learn how to read people very very quickly and determine who you can get over on and who you can't, and Manson was excellent at that.
- Herself - Former Member, Manson Family: Any kind of belief system you had, that was considered trash, so people worked on disbelieving things that they'd been taught, unlearning everything you learned in school, so that you'd end up basically having no opinions, uh, based on what you were brought up with. You wouldn't have any more values anymore. It's that... that were given to us by our parents and peers, but everything we did wa... it was our choice. You know, people gave up their egos willingly.
- Herself - Former Member, Manson Family: The end of the world is a good draw. You know, a lot of churches preach that.