I don't wanna take my time going to work, I got a motorcycle and a sleeping bag and ten or fifteen girls. What the hell I wanna go off and go to work for? Work for what? Money? I got all the money in the world. I'm the king, man. I run the underworld, guy. I decide who does what and where they do it at. What am I gonna run around like some teeny bopper somewhere for someone elses money? I make the money man, I roll the nickels. The game is mine. I deal the cards

After that Beausoleil stabbed Hinman to death ostensibly on Manson's instruction. Charles Watson soon joined the group at Spahn's ranch. He received a 10-year suspended sentence and probation after a young woman with an arrest record for prostitution made a "tearful plea" before the court that Charles Manson and Manson were "deeply in love .

Various musicians including Guns N' Roses White Zombie and Marilyn Manson have covered some of his songs. After Manson was charged with the crimes of which he was later convicted recordings of songs written and performed by him were released commercially. He believed his murders would help precipitate that war.