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" I think anytime that you go to the extreme of any mode of economics, be it capitalism or communism, you have these feedback mechanisms that make the system turn in on itself. "

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" You listen to Bob Dylan and you can't help but think of the 60s, it's very relational and if artists are true artists and not just mere musicians they need to be truthful because the music doesn't come from them it comes from the universe and it's to be shared. At best, we're skilled presenters, and I say that at best. "

Serj Tankian

Music

Musicians

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" People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.' "

" It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically. "

" We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change. "

" I think I might write a book. I like writing. People have asked me if I would get into politics, but I think I feel a lot more effective being a representative of truth through the arts. "

" 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. "

" Life is that perfect fine line between ironies. "

" I think it's my interaction with journalists that has pegged me more as political than my actual records, although they have obviously political aspects to them as well. "

" I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician. "

Serj Tankian

Politician

Artist

" Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system. "

" Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace. "

" I've always worked on all different types of music, some with specific project goals and deadlines and some not. Sometimes I would write a piece of music that is almost like a film score or weird electro pieces, wherever the muse took me, and I still do that. "

Serj Tankian

Film

Goals

" I think that the memory of Armenia's genocide opened my eyes at an early age to the existence of political cynicism. "

" I'd rather let the music speak for itself. "

" I've always tried to listen to a lot of different music from around the world. "

" As long as people are living their truth or their vision, whether they're activists or not, that's the important thing. "

" I am more interested in how people interpret the phrase 'Elect The Dead' than what I may or may not have intended. I named the album after the track, which is a spiritual song about love, life and death and is the heaviest song on the album without having any heavy instruments. "

" I don't want to spend all my time working as an activist. I don't get satisfaction out of it. I'd rather be doing something else. I'm a musician. "

" 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. "

" The percentage of Americans in the prison system, has doubled since 1985. "

" 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. "

" You can say a lot more with a poem than you can with a song, but with a song you can really be more powerful with it. You can express it a lot more powerfully. "

Serj Tankian

You

Song

" Corporatization is the descendant of industrialization. "

Serj Tankian

Industrialization

Descendant

" I write music when I'm free and for no particular project in mind. "

" I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist form of art. "

" 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. "

Serj Tankian

Music

People

" 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. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan. "

Serj Tankian

Fan

African