Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)

by Serj Tankian

Is it art? Are we a glorified cover band? I don’t know. But I love those guys with all of my heart and want to keep them in my life—as friends, as brothers, and maybe one day again, as bandmates.

“What is the intersection of justice and spirituality?” I asked him. The Dalai Lama thought about it for a few moments, then nodded and opened his mouth to answer. “To follow the path of injustice would be spiritually disconcerting.”