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People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'
Serj Tankian
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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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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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The living ideas of the dead are more powerful and effective than the dead ideas of the living.
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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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Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence...faith.
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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.
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