Quotes by Shavo Odadjian

“It was all done at the same time. We sort of arranged the whole thing and cut it in half. A good example is an artist who does two canvases. He paints an abstract painting and then splits them. He shows the public the first piece and has them get used to that first piece. Then he gets the second piece and lets them get used to it, and then he puts them together and lets them see how they make sense together. So they make sense separately, but they also make sense together.”

“Thats just a really catchy song, and I dont know if we want to release such a catchy song. Id rather kinda push peoples brains. Id hate being known as the band that is recognized for that song. So I dont know. ... Its weird with our songs because its like the weirdest song that you would never think could be a single becomes a single.”

“Ive always questioned death and birth and life, ... Where do we go? Are we here now? Or is this just one of the lives that we live? ... It just happened, it wasnt really planned, I swear. Everything fell into place.”

“And then we end up in this hospital somewhere really awkward and this woman gives birth to a newborn child and the child is carried out with this blanket thats red, ... So its like life. So it starts with death and it ends with life. And the soul travels through three different beings: a bird, a girl and a newborn baby. So its kind of my interpretation of reincarnation.”

“Its a song, but its a jam because its without vocals, thats why I say that.”

“It just happened where Arnold Schwarzenegger came next to me. ... It was bad lighting, because they had more light on me than they did Arnold. And Im watching it going, Whoa, dude — Im on TV! It was really strange.”

“This time around was different. Daron brought a song in and we had to record it the next day. I just wasnt about it and I didnt do it perfectly. It took some time, or I wanted to play it a different way and the song had not been developed yet. I had to get it. It was more work-oriented and less about a vibe and art.”

“We wanted to start off really heavy,”

“Because of the genocide, Armenians scattered.”

“Weve all grown up not the same, but with very similar morals and values. We know how it is. We know not to talk about anyones mother and sister.”