Serj Tankian Quotes - Page 3

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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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  Humanity, Needs, Done

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• I think music is an intuitive force. It's this beautiful wave that connects all of us and inspires us, and I think music has the ability - when you listen to a song, you're not immediately thinking about the lyrics or what's going on in the mind of the writer, you're feeling the song.

  Serj Tankian

  Beautiful, Song, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• 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.

  Serj Tankian

  Art, Book, Writing

  "Serj Tankian: Alternative Rock’s Political Poet". Interview with Gary Moskowitz, www.motherjones.com. November 9, 2007.

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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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  Years, Civilization, Humanity

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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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  Eye, People, Appreciate

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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.

  Serj Tankian

  People, Trying, Remember

  "The Imperfect Harmony Of Serj Tankian". Interview With Chris Carle, www.ign.com. September 27, 2010.

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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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  Philosophical, Thinking, Political

  Source: www.pbs.org

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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.

  Serj Tankian

  Records, World, Zeppelins

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's important for all people, and not just people in bands, to speak out on social justice issues. That means journalists or plumbers have just as much of a responsibility to do that as artists.

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  Mean, Responsibility, Artist

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• My two interests are spirituality and politics. I would mesh them in some way; maybe try to figure out the politics of spirituality, or the spirituality of politics. Or maybe come up with this really crazy naive solution for the end of civilization.

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  Crazy, Civilization, Two

  "Serj Tankian: Alternative Rock’s Political Poet". Interview with Gary Moskowitz, www.motherjones.com. November 9, 2007.

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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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  Rocks, Band, Records

  "The Imperfect Harmony Of Serj Tankian". Interview With Chris Carle, www.ign.com. September 27, 2010.

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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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  Balance, Elements, Bass

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 11, 2010.

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• Composing is what I love most from what I do. Each genre has a unique expression that you cannot supplant with another. All the records co-inspire each other though they are not tied conceptually in any way to another.

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  Unique, Expression, Inspire

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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  Thinking, Communism, Economics

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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  Rocks, Jazz, Rock Music

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• I think nobody wants to hear a sermon. Well, some people do, but maybe not through music or not with me. No one wants to hear me give a speech that way.

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  Thinking, People, Giving

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Corporatization is the descendant of industrialization.

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  Industrialization, Descendants

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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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  Fun, Journey, Rocks

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• Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system.

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  Democratic, Capitalism

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Serj Tankian

  Reality, Prison, Percentages

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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  Thinking, America, Issues

  "Singer-songwriter Serj Tankian". "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. October 11, 2010.

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

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  Fans, African Music, Huge

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

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  Different, World, Around The World

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Serj Tankian

  Art, Musician, Orchestra

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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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  Years, Listening, Here And There

  "Serj Tankian: Alternative Rock’s Political Poet". Interview with Gary Moskowitz, www.motherjones.com. November 9, 2007.

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