I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan. Serj Tankian africanfanhuge Change image and share on social
Sometimes a good love song can change the world and create positive energy more than any political song can. Serj Tankian changecreateenergy Change image and share on social
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. Serj Tankian civilizationcrazyend share on social
Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace. Serj Tankian civilizationfailurelove Change image and 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
We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change. Serj Tankian changecommunismdomination 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
As long as people are living their truth or their vision, whether they're activists or not, that's the important thing. Serj Tankian activistimportantlive Change image and share on social
Corporatization is the descendant of industrialization. Serj Tankian corporatizationdescendantindustrialization Change image and share on social
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. Serj Tankian amountclassicalgenerate share on social
