I am depressed sometimes, but it's not what keeps me at home or focused on work. Daron Malakian More Quotes by Daron Malakian More Quotes From 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. Daron Malakian jobmyselfmelife In the Middle East in the summertime, to keep cool, a lot of people sleep on the rooftops. Daron Malakian keepcoolsleeppeople Every song I've written is luck, I think; it's luck - 'How did that just happen?' Daron Malakian happenthinklucksong I would never cancel a tour unless I had real reasons and personal things that require my undivided attention. Daron Malakian personalneverrealattention I like structuring verses, choruses, but sometimes the verses might be a tango and the choruses might be death metal. Daron Malakian metallikesometimesdeath How does a band like System of a Down get big? Daron Malakian downbiglikeband Music is pretty much all I do. Daron Malakian muchprettymusic 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. Daron Malakian livenothingunderstandmusic My dad is my biggest influence on me as a musician, even though he's not a musician. Daron Malakian hemeinfluencedad 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. Daron Malakian thinkmeclothesmusic Whatever I write has to evolve around my taste in music at that moment, because that always changes. Daron Malakian whatevermomentalwaysmusic In Glendale, where I live, there's a street called Broadway. The bottoms of the light posts have swastikas on them. Daron Malakian streetlivewherelight I always want to grow and top myself. Daron Malakian growmyselfalwayswant I ain't got no beef with Obama. Daron Malakian obamagotbeef 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. Daron Malakian dayyoupeoplereligion 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 meuglybeautifulreligion
