Serj Tankian

I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.

— Serj Tankian

As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a…

— Serj Tankian

My personal relationship with music is an imperfect harmony because I never studied music, but here I am not just writing for…

— 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!…

— Serj Tankian

Forgivness is The ultimate sacrifice. Eloquence belongs, To the conqueror.

— Serj Tankian

With rock music, the amount of power that you can generate, the intensity behind the intentions of your lyrics that you can…

— 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…

— 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…

— Serj Tankian

Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.

— Serj Tankian

Pretending that we live doesn't make us alive.

— 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…

— Serj Tankian

I think anytime that you go to the extreme of any mode of economics, be it capitalism or communism, you have these…

— Serj Tankian

My two interests are spirituality and politics. I would mesh them in some way; maybe try to figure out the politics of…

— Serj Tankian

Political statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your…

— Serj Tankian

We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.

— Serj Tankian

With most of the songs and music that I've composed, irrespective of the myriad videos made, I was always careful not to…

— Serj Tankian

It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.

— Serj Tankian

I really feel like civilisation's already over. It's not ending but it's already done. We're all addicted to the concept that humanity…

— Serj Tankian

People get so attached to a position which they identify themselves with that they just spurt it out, but they can't really…

— Serj Tankian

Harout Pamboukjian is one of the biggest Armenian folk singers in the world. In the '70s, he was making these records that…

— Serj Tankian

People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like…

— Serj Tankian

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…

— Serj Tankian

The percentage of Americans in the prison system, Prison system, has doubled since 1985

— Serj Tankian

I think music has the ability to inspire people and to change hearts, and the heart has the power to change the…

— Serj Tankian

I've always worked on all different types of music, some with specific project goals and deadlines and some not. Sometimes I would…

— Serj Tankian