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Serj Tankian
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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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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.
Serj Tankian
I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.
Serj Tankian
Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.
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
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
The living ideas of the dead are more powerful and effective than the dead ideas of the living.
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
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.
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.
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
People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'
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
I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.
Serj Tankian
We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.
Serj Tankian
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
Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.
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
Political statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your statements.
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