A biography for Daron Malakianhasn’t been written yet.
“Every song I've written is luck, I think; it's luck - 'How did that just happen?'”
“Whatever I write has to evolve around my taste in music at that moment, because that always changes.”
“System of a Down is the music that I wanted to buy but couldn't find at the store. It's the band I wanted to be a fan of.”
“I'm not very happy. I'm frustrated with human beings. I'm the guy who just wants to smack people in the face and say, 'Wake up!'”
“As a musician, I don't think I'm the greatest guitar player. I'm a bigger fan of the drums than I am the guitar; I just happen to play guitar. I play drums almost every day at my house. I wrote a lot of songs behind the drum kit, just having the music and vocals in my head and playing the rhythm.”
“I like structuring verses, choruses, but sometimes the verses might be a tango and the choruses might be death metal.”
“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.”
“I would never cancel a tour unless I had real reasons and personal things that require my undivided attention.”
“You put too many songs on your record, and it ends up like a family with too many kids: some of them get neglected.”
“I ain't got no beef with Obama.”
“How does a band like System of a Down get big?”
“You can't just release double albums and expect people to sit there and devote their time to it.”
“I was always searching for something bigger, faster and better, and Slayer came up with that.”
“I guess you'd say I'm a gearhead. It's not just guitars; I have five or six drum sets, a bunch of keyboards... It's like Guitar Center exploded, and all the cool stuff dropped in my backyard. I'm a really lucky guy, I have to admit.”
“I'll always be a member of System of a Down. That will never change.”
“I don't get it when people complain that baseball games are too long.”