Marilyn Manson says he owes his good health to the fact that germs are too terrified to live in his body.

The Born Villain singer believes his past substance abuse has made it very hard for germs to inhabit his body, which is why he has no health issues.

He told the Observer Magazine: "My body is a place where drugs and alcohol have made germs afraid to live. I have no health problems to speak of, touch wood."

Manson – whose real name is Brian Warner – also admitted he was feeling a little broody, and said he might consider having a baby with his model and photographer girlfriend, Lindsay Usich.

He explained: "My girlfriend Lindsay's twin just had a baby and I've started to think that maybe I wouldn't mind passing my demented genius on to some small thing who can set fire and breathe profanity."

The 43-year-old also revealed the kind of woman he was attracted to.

He told the publication: "I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy. And if you don't want to be known as Marilyn Manson's girlfriend, why would you be it?

And though he might come across as weird or unorthodox, Manson says he is just a normal guy underneath all the makeup – and even a bit shy.

"I'm not some sort of sexual deviant. I think I would laugh nervously in the face of a threesome. I'm shy. I'm the kind of person who turns the lights out."