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I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.

Serj Tankian

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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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The next song I wrote in Paris years ago in a dream. So I didn't really write it, the universe wrote it. And that's what I believe about music, I believe it belongs to the universe, it comes from there and it's this beautiful energy that we share that transcends normal flash existence and that we inspire each other through.
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We [americans] self-regulate ourselves, we self-censor ourselves a lot in this country instead of having someone else censor us so we can blame them. That's not good, either.
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I don't find most people to be as politically engaged as I am. I do find people that appreciate eye-opening events and words, and who want to learn more about what's going on. I do find people with a lot of opinions. And I get a lot of people who come up to me and give us props for what we do.
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Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence...faith.
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We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.
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We're addicted to this concept of civilization - we can't imagine living outside of it because we've had it for 10,000 years, all of what we call history. But according to archaeologists, humanity has been on this planet for millions of years in indigenous form.
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People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'
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