Daron Malakian Quotes

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Daron Malakian

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 18, 1975

I'm not very happy. I'm frustrated with human beings. I'm the guy who just wants to smack people in the face and say, 'Wake up!'

Daron Malakian

Every song I've written is luck, I think; it's luck - 'How did that just happen?'

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

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I don't ever put down bands.

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

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I'll be honest with you: politically, I have no issue with people, but my beef sometimes is with religion at the end of the day.

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A lot of MTV's programming is hip-hop based, and the messages are usually all about bling bling. A lot of hip-hop artists sing about stuff that's more important, but they seldom get heard. The ones who get heard are the ones saying, 'Think about yourself. Make your money. It's all you. Everybody have a good time and party.'

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I always want to grow and top myself.

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

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Music is pretty much all I do.

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I was always searching for something bigger, faster and better, and Slayer came up with that.

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Basically I write songs, and I need for there to be a home for these songs.

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I'll always be a member of System of a Down. That will never change.

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There's no rule that says you have to make records constantly, like clockwork, to continue being who you are.

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You know, even U2 took a little time off, and then they came back with a new sound.

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