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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/harout-pamboukjian-is-one-of-the-biggest-armenian-folk-singers-in-the/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

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> [When I was younger, I was listening to a lot of Armenian music, you know, revolutionary music about freedom and protest. In the 70s I was listening to soul and the Bee Gees and ABBA, and funk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/when-i-was-younger-i-was-listening-to-a-lot-of-armenian-music-you/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

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## More by Serj Tankian

> [I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/i-like-african-music-and-i-m-a-huge-ravi-shankar-fan/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/as-an-artist-you-never-want-to-write-the-same-song-again-you-always/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [My personal relationship with music is an imperfect harmony because I never studied music, but here I am not just writing for bands but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/my-personal-relationship-with-music-is-an-imperfect-harmony-because-i/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [“I've had people come up to me with the strangest interpretations of what my lyrics might mean, and I'm like, "You go! I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/i-ve-had-people-come-up-to-me-with-the-strangest-interpretations-of/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [Forgivness is The ultimate sacrifice. Eloquence belongs, To the conqueror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/forgivness-is-the-ultimate-sacrifice-eloquence-belongs-to-the/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [With rock music, the amount of power that you can generate, the intensity behind the intentions of your lyrics that you can really reflect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/with-rock-music-the-amount-of-power-that-you-can-generate-the/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [I don't find most people to be as politically engaged as I am. I do find people that appreciate eye-opening events and words, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/i-don-t-find-most-people-to-be-as-politically-engaged-as-i-am-i-do/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/in-the-last-few-years-i-ve-been-listening-to-jazz-more-than-anything/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/life-is-that-perfect-fine-line-between-ironies/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [Pretending that we live doesn't make us alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/pretending-that-we-live-doesn-t-make-us-alive/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [I think music is a powerful medium because it co-inspires. It inspires the artist who then inspires the listener, and it's a back-and-forth process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/i-think-music-is-a-powerful-medium-because-it-co-inspires-it-inspires/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [I think anytime that you go to the extreme of any mode of economics, be it capitalism or communism, you have these feedback mechanisms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/i-think-anytime-that-you-go-to-the-extreme-of-any-mode-of-economics/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [My two interests are spirituality and politics. I would mesh them in some way; maybe try to figure out the politics of spirituality, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/my-two-interests-are-spirituality-and-politics-i-would-mesh-them-in/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [Political statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your statements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/political-statements-are-usually-more-direct-and-it-works-with-the/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

> [We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/we-have-the-power-to-change-our-lives-and-the-world-around-us/)

[Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/)

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