Author: Daron Malakian

Quotes

Politicians use religion, and they get their troops riled up with religion.

Politicians use religion, and they get their troops riled up with religion.

- Daron Malakian

I like structuring verses, choruses, but sometimes the verses might be a tango and the choruses might be death metal.

I like structuring verses, choruses, but sometimes the verses might be a tango and the choruses might be death metal.

- Daron Malakian

You put too many songs on your record, and it ends up like a family with too many kids: some of them get neglected.

You put too many songs on your record, and it ends up like a family with too many kids: some of them get neglected.

- Daron Malakian

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.

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.

- Daron Malakian

Whatever I write has to evolve around my taste in music at that moment, because that always changes.

Whatever I write has to evolve around my taste in music at that moment, because that always changes.

- Daron Malakian

In the Middle East in the summertime, to keep cool, a lot of people sleep on the rooftops.

In the Middle East in the summertime, to keep cool, a lot of people sleep on the rooftops.

- Daron Malakian

Music is pretty much all I do.

Music is pretty much all I do.

- Daron Malakian

My dad is my biggest influence on me as a musician, even though he's not a musician.

My dad is my biggest influence on me as a musician, even though he's not a musician.

- Daron Malakian

A lot of times, I don't feel responsible for the songs myself. But that's my job or my place in life: to keep my search and catch the ideas before they pass me by.

A lot of times, I don't feel responsible for the songs myself. But that's my job or my place in life: to keep my search and catch the ideas before they pass me by.

- Daron Malakian

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