"Interviewer: Have you ever attended a mime school? Brian: Nop. Never. I used to watch a lot of cartoons and the Muppets Show and that's why I make the funny faces. So it was all cartoon and Jim Henson."

"I think it's important for people to be able to think for themselves and not just flock mentality like: "Yes, leader; yes, band; yes, celebrity; yes, entertainer, whatever you say, I'll do.""

"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."

"I think that is Amanda’s whole stance; to feel most empowered as a woman is to have the choice to whether or not you dress up or dress down and to feel good about yourself either way. And that is truly the most empowering stance for a woman to take is to not have to comply either way because of a mans expectations of her."

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

"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."

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

"I'm happy doing what I'm doing, and if you have that kind of attitude then everything else from there on is a bonus."

"Imagine how frustrating it is, being completely locked up and watching your family leave, your wife and children, and not being able to do anything about it."

"We're only here for a short time, so might as well have a good time."

"You can rock shit as loud as you want, as hard as you want, but there's a soft side to every artist. You gotta have something more to say other than ("throws up devil horns") "YEEEEEEEAAAAHHHHHH!" There's gotta be more, otherwise you'd be fake."

"The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet"

"Once the song is done and recorded, I like to go back and then cut the drums, because then I know exactly what the song needs, and what it doesn't need."

"I don't want a fat mexican woman beating the crap out of my son."

"I was just reading some poetry, and it talked about how things start as one thing and change into another, and I just thought, what a great concept for a song."

"I wrote it about a friend of mine who married his high school sweet heart. They had a baby together and one day, when the baby was about four months old, my friends wife was driving down the road by herself, pulled over to the side and she just died in her car."

"I also did some jail time a few years ago. Spent a whole summer in jail reading books. I pumped a ton of new knowledge and new thinking into myself."

"I'm in Good Charlotte. I have tattoos so I was cool for them."

"Music would probably go. A lot of art would. That’s what I’m saying – I’m really into comics and movies and video games, and I don’t want to give that stuff up. At the same time, I think it’s filling the void for the stuff we’re missing."

"My whole thing is I’m not into civilization as a whole. The only actual solution is the eventual collapse and demise of civilization . . .I think it needs to happen, but no one, not even me, really wants it to happen."

"Ultimately I am an employee of a corporation, and that’s weird, and does contradict some of the things I believe in. But at the same time, I have to make a living."

"I just like not having a dependency on other forms of life. I like having a compassionate way of life. I am into a lot of human rights stuff and whatever I think, it is important for me to follow through with my diet and the way I live."

"I think that in the confines of civilization being vegan is a really positive thing to do because it has less of an impact on the earth. But, ultimately, it’s not going to solve anything because it’s still dependent on the system of agriculture, which I think the problem is inherently."

"Go vegan because you want to change something in yourself or in the world and then do more. Eating a certain way isn’t enough; we have to do something about the world we live in. Anyone who wants to be vegan or cares about the earth or the life on earth should read a book called Endgame, Volume 1: The Problem of Civilization"

"I've tried to stay true to myself this whole entire time, and I think I've represented myself as creatively as I could with what I got on the show."

"[Singing] Steve Jobs, send me a brand-new Mac..."

"The song's about coming together as one in an ideal world. And we might not be able to accomplish that, but tonight we can start by making it a better place."

"I'm kind of a ninja."

"Now I'm 'Blake Lewis' to the world, but I will always still be Bshorty from Bothell...I've never looked at it like a competition so I think I've won regardless. I won when I got to the top ten; I've already reached my goal."

"If you don't take risks in life, you'll never see anything new."

"Some say silence is golden, I choose noise."

"I get scared because I regard women as the most beautiful creatures in the world."

"It's really fun and just to be with a friend while you're working really hard. It can sometimes be really stressful. Also it's just fun to have someone to laugh with and have a good time with."

"Interviewer: How long do your parents usually let you stay up? Rachel: I probably get home at 1:00 (am) and I go to bed at 1:30. [shrugs] I don't know. Tina: She's usually in bed at- Rachel: 1? Tina: 1. Interviewer: 1 am? [laughing] Tina: [laughing] 1 am. She's performing. She's- Rachel: Maybe on a school night, I go to bed at 10! Maybe. Tina: Yeah. Maybe. When you went to public school. Now she does homeschool, so she doesn't go to bed until 1."

"Some parents just work at...I don't know...Microscoft (She mispronounced the word. She meant Microsoft) and just sit there at a desk and their kids have to sit at a desk, too and...I don't know!"

"It's fun hitting on the drums and singing songs."

"Interviewer: Rachel, do you think performing is natural? Rachel: Mmmm. Tina: See, it's natural for Rachel because she's done it her whole life. Rachel: I know how to do it."

"My dad played in different clubs and open mic nights. But he mostly walked dogs. A lot of dogs."

"My dad wrote a song about the people in the slides. I started playing harmonica. I was only six."

"Hi. I'm Rachel Trachtenburg. I'm the daughter and the drummer for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players."

"I'm learning to play piano. And also the musical saw."

"On learning to play new instruments (Teen Vogue)"

"We won 1st place and $500."

"I like ABBA and the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. And E.L.O., and Funkadelic. Wait. Mommy, are they the same thing?"

"Dad, this time you need to order smalls. You're always wrong about ordering. You always say we need mediums and larges, but girls like smalls."

"I like New York better than Seattle. It's bigger. I was really sad when I left, because I miss my friends, but I call them almost every day, and I have friends here now."

"I like lots of color and mix-and-match."

"No. I don't think so. I hope not."

"Stoosh over, daddy!"

"Christy Davis: Who do you look up to? Rachel: You mean, like a hero? Christy: Yeah, I guess. Someone you admire a lot. Rachel: A drummer? Christy: It can be anyone. Rachel: My mom."