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People get so attached to a position which they identify themselves with that they just spurt it out, but they can't really give you a viable reason why they feel that way.
Serj Tankian
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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.
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I've always thought of the sky as, like, an open canvas. When I was a kid and I looked at the sky, I always remember being able to daydream, just looking at the sky, being creative, being able to design things. What would happen if we had no sky? Where would we be? Well, obviously, scientifically, without an atmosphere, we'd all be dead.
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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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As long as people are living their truth or their vision, whether they're activists or not, that's the important thing.
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In America, there's more of the question, should music be political or should it just be for entertainment purposes, whereas around the world that's not even an issue. I think people just assume that music should be everything.
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To deny a genocide because of convenience and expediency having to do with an illegal war or occupation in Iraq to me, is double hypocritical.
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Sometimes a good love song can change the world and create positive energy more than any political song can.
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As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.
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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.
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I believe very firmly that indigenous populations had a really good, intuitive understanding of why we're here. And we're trying to gain that same understanding through psychology and intellect in modern civilization.
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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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I don't want to spend all my time working as an activist. I don't get satisfaction out of it. I'd rather be doing something else. I'm a musician.
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In terms of political things, I think it's important to be more direct in terms of political statements. I think in terms of philosophical and things that you plant things and see them grow lyrically or musically, it's okay to be subtle.
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Political statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your statements.
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Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.
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With most of the songs and music that I've composed, irrespective of the myriad videos made, I was always careful not to overly define the experience, leaving room for people to internalize things for themselves, making their experience more integral.
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