I write music when I'm free and for no particular project in mind. Serj Tankian freemindmusic Change image and share on social
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. Serj Tankian haveimportantlearn Change image and share on social
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. Serj Tankian experimentalhavejazz Change image and share on social
I've got my own studio, and I've got four- to five-hundred unreleased tracks. I've got stuff that's electronic, orchestral, jazz, I've got rock, I've got metal, you know, I don't have polka. Serj Tankian electronichavehundred Change image and share on social
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. Serj Tankian composeconceptuallyexpression share on social
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. Serj Tankian americaassumeentertainment share on social
I've always tried to listen to a lot of different music from around the world. Serj Tankian havelistenlot Change image and share on social
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. Serj Tankian activistmusiciansatisfaction Change image and share on social
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 70sarmenianbig Change image and share on social
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. Serj Tankian anytimecapitalismcommunism Change image and share on social
