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The living ideas of the dead are more powerful and effective than the dead ideas of the living.
Serj Tankian
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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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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.
Serj Tankian
People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'
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I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.
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It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.
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
What does civilization mean to you, and what would its ending bring to the world?
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I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.
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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.
Serj Tankian
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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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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A lot of pop music is based on trying to make people remember it so that they'll buy it. To me, it was not about that.
Serj Tankian
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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Spirit moves through all things.
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I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.
Serj Tankian
Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.
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
I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.
Serj Tankian
Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence...faith.
Serj Tankian
Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.
Serj Tankian
I think music has the ability to inspire people and to change hearts, and the heart has the power to change the mind, and the mind has the power to change the world.
Serj Tankian
