John Dolmayan

Most of my friends are liberal.

— John Dolmayan

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

— John Dolmayan

I don't like big government.

— John Dolmayan

I don't wanna see high unemployment levels.

— John Dolmayan

You've gotta let things go in life.

— John Dolmayan

You only get one shot at life. Make the best of it.

— John Dolmayan

Anytime you don't reach your potential, it's a sadness.

— John Dolmayan

I don't know anything for the most part.

— John Dolmayan

I love Eminem. I think he's really innovative. I like the way his syncopation works.

— John Dolmayan

I have no problems with Black Lives Matter and Antifa if they did it peaceably.

— John Dolmayan

I wanted to make an album in 2007... and 2009... and 2012... and 2015.

— John Dolmayan

If we were concerned about what people think, System wouldn't exist.

— John Dolmayan

People are hypersensitive and it's to the detriment of all of us really.

— John Dolmayan

When you're on the road and in the studio all the time, it's kind of like traveling at light speed.

— John Dolmayan

No matter what, Daron is one of the best songwriters I've ever seen in my life.

— John Dolmayan

Don't believe everything the famous people tell you - they don't know anything for the most part.

— John Dolmayan

I've been told no one makes it in music. I've been told comic books are a stupid idea. I take great pleasure…

— John Dolmayan

I'm not a fan of doing covers that sound exactly like the original. If you're going to take it, you've got to…

— John Dolmayan

I will fight to the death for a communist's right to say what they want to say here in the United States.…

— John Dolmayan

There is something cool about setting up at a convention, having no guarantees and you make sales because you're personable and you…

— 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

Maybe I'm nuts or maybe my philosophies have a ring of truth to them, but I just think that there's interesting coincidences…

— 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

The first day of San Diego Comic-Con is my favorite day of the year. The last day is my least favorite day…

— John Dolmayan

While I was driving, I'd put on satellite radio and listen to whatever came on. Oftentimes, I'd hear something and ask myself…

— John Dolmayan

Eventually I was making more money selling comics than I was working at my 'real' jobs. So I said, 'This is it.…

— 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

As much as I don't like the Marxist agenda and communism and socialism in general, because they don't work, and I love…

— John Dolmayan

One of the things I don't like about drum solos is a lot of times, if it's a written drum solo its…

— John Dolmayan

I'm a conservative, as some people may or may not know. But at the end of the day, I change my opinion…

— John Dolmayan

The reality is none of us should have time to do other projects. We should be so focused on the band and…

— John Dolmayan

I don't mind somebody disagreeing with me - I like that, actually. Because sometimes you'll get an opinion that will help you…

— John Dolmayan

I always enjoyed doing covers.

— John Dolmayan

Not everybody listens to everything that they're told.

— John Dolmayan

I find it really difficult to keep my mouth shut when I see injustice.

— John Dolmayan

I wouldn't want to go in and make an album that doesn't represent the best that we have to offer.

— John Dolmayan

I think AOC is a moron. I just have to put that out there; I like to say that in every conversation.

— John Dolmayan

We have four very distinct members in System... We're very different - not better or worse; just different.

— John Dolmayan

Once you start believing anyone but yourself, you've already lost and you can't recover from that.

— John Dolmayan

Everything I'm going to release is going to be exceptional or else I'm not going to release it.

— John Dolmayan