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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.
Serj Tankian
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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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With most of the songs and music that I've composed, irrespective of the myriad videos made, I was always careful not to overly define the experience, leaving room for people to internalize things for themselves, making their experience more integral.
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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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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 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.
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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.
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We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.
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Spirit moves through all things.
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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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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 like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.
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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.
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Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.
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Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.
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I've got my own studio, and I've got four- to five-hundred unreleased tracks. I've got stuff that's electronic, orchestral, jazz, I've got rock, I've got metal, you know, I don't have polka.
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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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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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Day is just a collection of hours.
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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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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.
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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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