I mean, there is a certain element that, when you read the bad press about yourself and post it on the web-site, takes the pressure off.

The spirit of what we do is that you do what you feel and when you feel it and not feel you have to be something you're not: you have to be honest to yourself.

Music is one of those things that brings great joy to people, singing is a sort of unifier of people, no matter what political place or original place you come from.

That is the spirit of the music: to not leave anyone out, to be inclusive.

We are a lot more alike than we are different and it's important to remember that.

I mean, there is a certain element that, when you read the bad press about yourself and post it on the web-site, takes the pressure off.

For us the Dresden Dolls were porcelain dolls that were made in that city at the time, that is what they were to us, and also a reference in Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut, and in a song by The Fall.