145 Quotes by Serj Tankian

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

Sometimes it’s better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.

I hate injustice, and I can’t help but speak against it. But I don’t want to get involved in politics.

I’d rather let the music speak for itself.

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.

Freedom is only available through Death!

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

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.

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.