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. Serj Tankian Read Quote
With ‘Elect the Dead,’ I learned how to make a rock record without a rock band and make the rock record I’ve always wanted to make. Serj Tankian Read Quote
You can say a lot more with a poem than you can with a song, but with a song you can really be more powerful with it. You can express it a lot more powerfully. Serj Tankian Read Quote
Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I’ve been doing it for a long time. Serj Tankian Read Quote
It’s the idea of a multi-sensory experience stemming from music that opened my interest into painting, to be honest. Serj Tankian Read Quote
With most of the songs and music that I’ve composed, irrespective of the myriad videos made, I was always careful not to overly define the experience, leaving room for people to internalize things for themselves, making their experience more integral. Serj Tankian Read Quote
If you’re using live bass versus orchestral bass, you’ve got to make sure that you’re not stepping on the toes of the other elements, so you’ve got to balance it out. Serj Tankian Read Quote
I think that the memory of Armenia’s genocide opened my eyes at an early age to the existence of political cynicism. Serj Tankian Read Quote
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. Serj Tankian Read Quote
I like having songs that go from the personal to the kind of inter-relational, universal, because everything comes back to micro/macro and everything’s tied in. Serj Tankian Read Quote
