“My personal relationship with music is an imperfect harmony because I never studied music, but here I am not just writing for bands but full orchestral sections and doing all this composition, and I never learned the right way of doing things so I have a lot of dissonant sounds and things that are brought to my attention, and generally I leave them that way because I like those imperfections.” WayWritingSoundAttentionBandMusic IsHarmonyImperfectionImperfectCompositionRight WaySectionsHere I AmPersonal Relationships Author:Serj Tankian
“The next song I wrote in Paris years ago in a dream. So I didn't really write it, the universe wrote it. And that's what I believe about music, I believe it belongs to the universe, it comes from there and it's this beautiful energy that we share that transcends normal flash existence and that we inspire each other through.” WritingYearsBelieveDreamBeautifulSongUniverseNextEnergyI BelieveExistenceShareInspireNormalYears AgoParisFlash Author:Serj Tankian
“As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.” WayWantWritingDifferentArtistSongChallengesDifferent WaysChallenge Yourself Author:Serj Tankian
“I've always worked on all different types of music, some with specific project goals and deadlines and some not. Sometimes I would write a piece of music that is almost like a film score or weird electro pieces, wherever the muse took me, and I still do that.” WritingStillsDifferentSometimesFilmGoalPiecesTypeProjectsScoreMuseDeadlineDifferent Types Of MusicFilm Scores Author:Serj Tankian
“The 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.” WayWritingDifferentUsedSongRecordsTypeCreatingPicksToolsMethodInstrumentsGuitarBest WayPianoAcousticsElectronicsAcoustic Guitar Author:Serj Tankian
“I think I might write a book. I like writing. People have asked me if I would get into politics, but I think I feel a lot more effective being a representative of truth through the arts.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWritingArtBookMightRepresentatives Author:Serj Tankian
