145 Quotes by Serj Tankian

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.

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

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.

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.

Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I’ve been doing it for a long time.

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

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.

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

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.