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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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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'
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Spirit moves through all things.
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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.
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Day is just a collection of hours.
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With 'Elect the Dead,' I learned how to make a rock record without a rock band and make the rock record I've always wanted to make.
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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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I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.
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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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Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence...faith.
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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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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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We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.
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Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.
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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 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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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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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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To deny a genocide because of convenience and expediency having to do with an illegal war or occupation in Iraq to me, is double hypocritical.
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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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Sometimes a good love song can change the world and create positive energy more than any political song can.
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