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Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized army unit, or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart.

System of a Down is the music that I wanted to buy but couldn't find at the store. It's the band I wanted to be a fan of.

Hopefully, as a band, it will grow and develop for a good length of time.

For any band that ends up becoming really big, yeah, hard work has something to do with it, but a lot of it is just pure luck.

I know what it takes to make a band, how they should interact, what makes a record sound like it's a band - everything having to do with a band, I happen to be into.

The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn't, it dies. It's important to feed the organism, and one way of doing that is to set musical challenges that keep it alive.

Sometimes the band can't fully hear your fill, so they come in differently. So I've also learned not to really step out too much, because you sacrifice the band when you do that.

What I learned then was there is a certain power in a three piece band. The more people you put on that stage, the more diluted it becomes.

It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle.