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Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.
Serj Tankian
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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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I've got my own studio, and I've got four- to five-hundred unreleased tracks. I've got stuff that's electronic, orchestral, jazz, I've got rock, I've got metal, you know, I don't have polka.
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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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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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What does civilization mean to you, and what would its ending bring to the world?
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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 think every artist should follow their vision, their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for.
Serj Tankian
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 hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.
Serj Tankian
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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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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I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.
Serj Tankian
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.
Serj Tankian
Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence...faith.
Serj Tankian
Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.
Serj Tankian
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
Spirit moves through all things.
Serj Tankian
People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'
Serj Tankian
'Elect the Dead' is a rock record that takes you on a journey with different types of genres integrated, different lyrical themes digested, and many fun and colorful moments to enjoy.
Serj Tankian
The living ideas of the dead are more powerful and effective than the dead ideas of the living.
Serj Tankian
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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