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If you're using live bass versus orchestral bass, you've got to make sure that you're not stepping on the toes of the other elements, so you've got to balance it out.

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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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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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Spirit moves through all things.
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We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.
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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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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 have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.
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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 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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Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.
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