Daron Malakian Quotes

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Daron Malakian

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 18, 1975

I just think religion is something... It could be a beautiful thing for the individual, but when it becomes organized, that's when religion starts taking a kind of ugly turn to me.

Daron Malakian

As a musician, I don't think I'm the greatest guitar player. I'm a bigger fan of the drums than I am the guitar; I just happen to play guitar. I play drums almost every day at my house. I wrote a lot of songs behind the drum kit, just having the music and vocals in my head and playing the rhythm.

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I would never cancel a tour unless I had real reasons and personal things that require my undivided attention.

Daron Malakian

In 'Kill Rock n' Roll,' the choruses came about at the moment I was listening to a lot of the Supremes, and if you listen to that part, you can hear a melody and a harmony there that's not too far away from what the Supremes would probably be doing, but there's heavy guitars in the back.

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People's attention spans don't run too long these days.

Daron Malakian

I ain't got no beef with Obama.

Daron Malakian

I don't think when I'm doing music. Things just happen. I've even taken my clothes off while performing. But then I'm so shy that I can't even take my clothes off in the dressing room, even though it's just the other guys in the band in here with me. It's really weird.

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You can't just release double albums and expect people to sit there and devote their time to it.

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I don't get it when people complain that baseball games are too long.

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Music is an emotion, and I put it out there.

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In Glendale, where I live, there's a street called Broadway. The bottoms of the light posts have swastikas on them.

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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

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

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

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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

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

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If I was money-motivated, I wouldn't have joined a rock band with three other Armenian guys.

Daron Malakian

How does a band like System of a Down get big?

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I guess you'd say I'm a gearhead. It's not just guitars; I have five or six drum sets, a bunch of keyboards... It's like Guitar Center exploded, and all the cool stuff dropped in my backyard. I'm a really lucky guy, I have to admit.

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I don't understand some of the music I hear on MTV or the radio, because they don't mention the times we live in. They have nothing to do with nothing.

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