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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. That said though, I think also artists have, continuously good artists, have been good for their times. "

Serj Tankian

Vision

Think

Good

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Serj Tankian

You

Song

" 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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Serj Tankian

Old

Forward

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

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

" Corporatization is the descendant of industrialization. "

Serj Tankian

Industrialization

Descendant

" 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. "