There's four individuals in the band. I don't speak for any of the individuals except for myself, and neither does Serj. But because he had that platform of writing lyrics, the perception was out there that that's how the band felt at all times, where I don't even think Serj necessarily felt those ways at all times.
More Quotes by John Dolmayan
Not everybody listens to everything that they're told.
When we were in the middle of the Trump-versus-Biden debacle and attempting to figure out who was gonna continue to lead this country, I lost a ton of followers every time I would post something that was either pro-Trump or pro my opinions one way or the other.
Of course you don't want to hurt your neighbors - you want everybody to succeed and prosper - but at the end of the day, if you're not focused on your home, you're not gonna be able to help anybody else anyway.
I don't mind somebody disagreeing with me - I like that, actually. Because sometimes you'll get an opinion that will help you to reform yours, give you a different perspective. So that's never been the issue, as long as it was done in a respectful manner.
I don't wanna see high unemployment levels.
Maybe I'm nuts or maybe my philosophies have a ring of truth to them, but I just think that there's interesting coincidences and convenient things that happen to motivate things.