Song Quotes by John Dolmayan

You're in a relationship when you're in a band.

— John Dolmayan

When you're passionate about music, you don't give up on it.

— John Dolmayan

My band is stupid, and we're gonna continue to be stupid, I guess.

— John Dolmayan

In any industry, but more so in music, people get into their heads sometimes.

— John Dolmayan

We're not trying to make 'Toxicity' Part II, just because it was by far our biggest album.

— John Dolmayan

Fans want new music. We're the same way. We have bands that we like, and whether they release it or not, we're…

— John Dolmayan

We started as a band that struggled; none of us had money, and tried to make it, not because we wanted money…

— John Dolmayan

Toxicity' was one of those songs where we hadn't done anything like it before. It required something completely different than any other…

— John Dolmayan

I don't write songs, so I'm not worried about who's going to write the song. I'm just ready. You just give me…

— John Dolmayan

As long as we were making music that we felt was of the same quality, there was no reason to stop making…

— John Dolmayan

I've never written songs, I've never brought any songs to System, but as far as arranging, I've always had arrangement ideas.

— John Dolmayan

Ringo is a phenomenal drummer, one of the greatest of all time. He took perfectly crafted songs and did exactly what they…

— John Dolmayan

The fact is I don't write songs, per se; I've written a couple here and there, but that's not my forte.

— John Dolmayan

Everybody brought something unique to System of a Down, and the bottom line is when you go and do your own project,…

— John Dolmayan

If you're a System fan and you gravitate towards the music, you enjoy the music, but you don't necessarily agree with the…

— John Dolmayan

The bottom line is the bigger you get as a band, the more people tell you how great you are in the…

— John Dolmayan

We tried to get together multiple times to make an album, but there were certain rules set in place that made it…

— John Dolmayan

In our band, the difficulty really isn't, 'Is one of us gonna fall off the wagon or get into a bad situation?'…

— John Dolmayan

Yeah, if my bandmembers listened to me and put everything to the side and just said, 'Okay, let's just go in and…

— John Dolmayan

There's four individuals in the band. I don't speak for any of the individuals except for myself, and neither does Serj. But…

— John Dolmayan

There's no real personality in the band that can be pushed to do anything that they don't want to. We are four…

— John Dolmayan

The definition of a band is the selflessness. That's what a society is, isn't it? We're all thinking, like, together we make…

— John Dolmayan

We're a very stubborn and stupid band. And we don't make decisions necessarily based on what's best for everybody.

— John Dolmayan

John Bonham is one of the greatest drummers of all time. Feel, power, simplicity - you name it, John Bonham had it.

— John Dolmayan

There's a lot of selfishness in this band. It's the reality of being human beings, I guess, to a certain extent.

— John Dolmayan