Shavo Odadjian

We are always writing music.

— Shavo Odadjian

Rock's not dead.

— Shavo Odadjian

I'm not a giant rock star. I play one on TV, though.

— Shavo Odadjian

I'm not a solo artist. I love to collaborate.

— Shavo Odadjian

Creativity, I think, is within you.

— Shavo Odadjian

I want to be proud of everything I do.

— Shavo Odadjian

We're a life band, a social band.

— Shavo Odadjian

We didn't just make Achozen's music to sell it.

— Shavo Odadjian

Yeah, I like the Kardashians a lot.

— Shavo Odadjian

People either hate us or love us.

— Shavo Odadjian

If something's good once, it's always going to be cool. It just has to be quality.

— Shavo Odadjian

I've never rapped. I karaoke-d 'Paul Revere' from Beastie Boys when I was 15, 14 years old, but that's it.

— Shavo Odadjian

I have a lot of ideas for videos, and I want to pursue directing. This is one of the goals I have…

— Shavo Odadjian

I listen to a lot of Eighties hip-hop. I listened to a lot of Ice-T.

— Shavo Odadjian

I can't try to write a song - songs come out of me. I have to play the guitar and if I…

— Shavo Odadjian

When something's taboo, the kids get a sense where they want to do it because it's taboo.

— Shavo Odadjian

There's nothing anti-patriotic about wanting peace. There really isn't.

— Shavo Odadjian

I started a project with the RZA back in '09 called Achozen, but we never actually dropped that.

— Shavo Odadjian

Man, George Clinton taught me some serious lessons! For a couple of years we were hanging out almost every other day. He'd…

— Shavo Odadjian

That's what a producer does - make it better; help make the song better and make the band better. Not write music…

— Shavo Odadjian

Every human being sees something different in a painting, so I want every single person to have their own thoughts about our…

— Shavo Odadjian

There's a lot of bands that don't release an album every year. There's a lot of bands that take three, four or…

— Shavo Odadjian

When I listen to a band like Pink Floyd, I don't know the names of the individual songs, I know the full…

— Shavo Odadjian

I come from the '90s where there was rap-rock and I was never a huge fan of it. I loved Rage, I…

— Shavo Odadjian

We played a 600-seater in France that was amazing. I got so excited when I saw the place. Just vibewise, with the…

— Shavo Odadjian

I've been so hesitant to do anything else besides System because you know, when you do something grand and it's noticed so…

— Shavo Odadjian

We had labels offering us deals the first year we formed - 1995 - but we were afraid of them going, 'Let's…

— Shavo Odadjian

We don't want to name our songs after the choruses, so we sometimes come up with random titles. We don't care if…

— Shavo Odadjian

When I moved from Armenia to L.A., I moved to North Kingsley Drive. That was my street, that's where I grew up…

— Shavo Odadjian

So, there's a lot of 22 in my life. That always followed me and has always been good to me. I also…

— Shavo Odadjian

I was a Puma guy for a while. When System got signed, we got a deal with Puma, and they would just…

— Shavo Odadjian

I always thought when I was 22 something bomb was gonna happen, then when I was 22, System started blowing up in…

— Shavo Odadjian

RZA helped me make my first beat, and he rhymed over it, and that made the 'Babylon A.D.' soundtrack. That first track…

— Shavo Odadjian

I'm one of the most, like, 'wanting-to-tour' guys in the band.

— Shavo Odadjian

I did Achozen with RZA and that was straight hip-hop.

— Shavo Odadjian

I used to be very good friends with Kanye.

— Shavo Odadjian

System of a Down is my lifeline. It'll never go away.

— Shavo Odadjian

Oh, I know the Kardashians quite well.

— Shavo Odadjian

We're not into the rock/rap movement.

— Shavo Odadjian

I'm used to being in a band and collaborating.

— Shavo Odadjian