I've got my own studio, and I've got four- to five-hundred unreleased tracks. I've got stuff that's electronic, orchestral, jazz, I've got rock, I've got metal, you know, I don't have polka.
From 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 here and there.
I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.
I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.
I write music when I'm free and for no particular project in mind.
In America, there's more of the question, should music be political or should it just be for entertainment purposes, whereas around the world that's not even an issue. I think people just assume that music should be everything.
'Elect the Dead' is a rock record that takes you on a journey with different types of genres integrated, different lyrical themes digested, and many fun and colorful moments to enjoy.
A lot of pop music is based on trying to make people remember it so that they'll buy it. To me, it was not about that.
Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace.
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 doing something else. I'm a musician.
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