Serj Tankian Quotes

I don't have to be working on an album to record a song.

To me, making records isn't work.

It's always been difficult to make a good record.

It's no secret that my favorite part of the process is making records; if I'm not making them with Flatts, then I'm out producing them on other folks.

For us, we make a song, and if we like it, it goes on a record.

I'm always going to do that - record and make music.

This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of recording, I really had control over an entire album, start to finish.

Making records should be fun.

I think I prefer producing a little more than DJing because you have more freedom, you can make anything you want; it doesn't necessarily have to be four to the floor. You can go more with your mood, or the atmosphere that you're in.

I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs.

Have I learned something from making records? Yeah, I've learned a lot, because I've not only made eleven of my own records, I've also probably produced that many records for other artists, and then I've probably played on, or been a large part of another eleven records with other people.

Every record has been very different, so I can't really compare them. The first record was good. I originally recorded about half the songs on that one in 2003 or something, and then I went back a few years later and re-recorded them and added some other songs.

Television is not like making records. I wanna tell all you kids, do not try this at home, 'cause it's hard. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of practice, and a lot of different takes.

If you record a song that you love, then you're going to win.

Drums isn't my one thing anymore. I love to produce. I love to make tracks, write tracks, produce tracks, and I can't just sit back as a drummer anymore.

That's the thing I love the most - making records and creating new things. That's always the thing that grabbed me. Making records is the thing that I really love.

I'm so into making music and being behind the scenes. I'm such a visionary person that I don't see myself being the person in front of the camera or the person in front of the mic.

I love doing instrumental records; I love doing that.

On the 'Escondido' album, I think it took us a month to make that album.

When I make albums, I do a lot of songwriting but not necessarily a whole album.

We're doing unusual records that sound big, have a pop feel, and we're getting better at it.

From the engineer to the producer, all of these roles are critical to creating a song.

I've got my own studio, so I sit in my studio writing and if I get a great take, that's the take.

Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician, one person playing all the instruments one-by-one.

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.