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" People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.' "
Serj Tankian
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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. "
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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'm not comfortable with just entertaining. Although I like entertaining, I also like bringing forward the truth of our times as minstrels used to in the old days. "
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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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" With rock music, the amount of power that you can generate, the intensity behind the intentions of your lyrics that you can really reflect through rock music - you can't do that in jazz. You can't do that with classical. "
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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 most important thing about music that I've learned after all this time is that to me, it's a way of reaching the truth. "
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" 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. "
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" The best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically write on and see where it takes you. Whether it's using an acoustic guitar, or piano, or electronics as tools, all of these lead to creating different types of songs and I used all of these methods for this record. "
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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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" Life is that perfect fine line between ironies. "
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" Corporatization is the descendant of industrialization. "
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" In the last few years I've been listening to jazz more than anything else. I listen to a lot of world music and experimental here and there. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" I like having songs that go from the personal to the kind of inter-relational, universal, because everything comes back to micro/macro and everything's tied in. "
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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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" Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace. "
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" People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley. "
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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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