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We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.

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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.
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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.
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Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.
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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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Spirit moves through all things.
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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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The living ideas of the dead are more powerful and effective than the dead ideas of the living.
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Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence...faith.
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What does civilization mean to you, and what would its ending bring to the world?
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Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.
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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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My two interests are spirituality and politics. I would mesh them in some way maybe try to figure out the politics of spirituality, or the spirituality of politics. Or maybe come up with this really crazy naive solution for the end of civilization.
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Day is just a collection of hours.
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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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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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I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.
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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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Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.
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Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.
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'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.
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