If you allow for a purely capitalistic society, without any type of regulation at all, you will get one monopoly that will eat all of the smaller fish and own everything, and then you'll have zero capitalism, zero competition - it would just be one giant company. Serj Tankian capitalismcapitalisticcompany share on social
I think it's my interaction with journalists that has pegged me more as political than my actual records, although they have obviously political aspects to them as well. Serj Tankian actualaspectinteraction Change image and share on social
I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan. Serj Tankian africanfanhuge Change image and share on social
I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician. Serj Tankian artistavenuedirect Change image and share on social
Pretending that we live doesn't make us alive. Serj Tankian alivelivemake Change image and share on social
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. Serj Tankian bringcomfortableday Change image and share on social
People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.' Serj Tankian absolutelybandmusic Change image and share on social
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. Serj Tankian acousticcreateelectronic share on social
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. Serj Tankian carefulcomposedefine share on social
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. Serj Tankian civilizationfirmlygain share on social