Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.
Serj Tankian
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
Bassist
Environmentalist
Essayist
Guitarist
Keyboardist
Lyricist
Peace Activist
Pianist
Poet
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Long
Time
Touring
Putting
Cool
Records
Fun
More quotes by Serj Tankian
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.
Serj Tankian
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.
Serj Tankian
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.
Serj Tankian
People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'
Serj Tankian
As long as people are living their truth or their vision, whether they're activists or not, that's the important thing.
Serj Tankian
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.
Serj Tankian
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.
Serj Tankian
Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.
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
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.
Serj Tankian
It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.
Serj Tankian
I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.
Serj Tankian
I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.
Serj Tankian
Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.
Serj Tankian
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.
Serj Tankian
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.
Serj Tankian
I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.
Serj Tankian
Political statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your statements.
Serj Tankian
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
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
