Serj Tankian

"We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change."

"Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace."

"When I was younger, I was listening to a lot of Armenian music, you know, revolutionary music about freedom and protest. In the 70s I was listening to soul and the Bee Gees and ABBA, and funk."

"People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley."

"Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace."

"I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics."