I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.
Serj TankianPolitical statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your statements.
Serj TankianI think music is an intuitive force. It's this beautiful wave that connects all of us and inspires us, and I think music has the ability - when you listen to a song, you're not immediately thinking about the lyrics or what's going on in the mind of the writer, you're feeling the song.
Serj TankianThe best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically write on and see where it takes you. Whether it's using an acoustic guitar, or piano, or electronics as tools, all of these lead to creating different types of songs and I used all of these methods for this record.
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