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It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.
Serj Tankian
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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.
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I really feel like civilisation's already over. It's not ending but it's already done. We're all addicted to the concept that humanity equals civilisation and that's not the case. We need a global conversation to be able to decipher how we can live from this point forward. We have to redefine our relationship with our environment.
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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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Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.
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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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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 like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.
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The living ideas of the dead are more powerful and effective than the dead ideas of the living.
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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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I think as consumers Europeans are a lot more artist loyal irrespective of the genre of music or the type of project or the collaborative effort, and Americans are more media-loyal, because they need to be fed that media to know what's going on, because we're so inundated with promotion and marketing and everything that's going on - advertising.
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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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Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence...faith.
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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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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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Sometimes a good love song can change the world and create positive energy more than any political song can.
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What does civilization mean to you, and what would its ending bring to the world?
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Day is just a collection of hours.
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Spirit moves through all things.
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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.
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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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