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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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The best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically write on and see where it takes you. Whether it's using an acoustic guitar, or piano, or electronics as tools, all of these lead to creating different types of songs and I used all of these methods for this record.
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What does civilization mean to you, and what would its ending bring to the world?
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Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.
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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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Harout Pamboukjian is one of the biggest Armenian folk singers in the world. In the '70s, he was making these records that were really Zeppelin-influenced.
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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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We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.
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I think music has the ability to inspire people and to change hearts, and the heart has the power to change the mind, and the mind has the power to change the world.
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With 'Elect the Dead,' I learned how to make a rock record without a rock band and make the rock record I've always wanted to make.
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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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When I was younger, I was listening to a lot of Armenian music, you know, revolutionary music about freedom and protest. In the 70s I was listening to soul and the Bee Gees and ABBA, and funk.
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I think every artist should follow their vision, their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for.
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I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.
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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 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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People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'
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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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Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.
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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
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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