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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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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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In terms of political things, I think it's important to be more direct in terms of political statements. I think in terms of philosophical and things that you plant things and see them grow lyrically or musically, it's okay to be subtle.
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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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We're addicted to this concept of civilization - we can't imagine living outside of it because we've had it for 10,000 years, all of what we call history. But according to archaeologists, humanity has been on this planet for millions of years in indigenous form.
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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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I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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