Rachel Trachtenburg

"Rachel Trachtenburg: I really like the food at that place (Sidewalk Cafe). They have salads and pastas and stuff like that. What's your favorite food? Kimya Dawson: I like cherries. Rachel: That's a fruit. I said food. Kimya: Fruit's food. Rachel: You don't sit down and eat it. You don't eat it at a restaurant, like, "Oh, I'd like a fruit, please." You say, "I'd like a pizza please, or the pasta." Do you like Indian food? Mexican food? Italian food? Kimya: Japanese food. Rachel: Okay."

"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."

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

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

"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 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."

"Stoosh over, daddy!"

"They should call it the Low Quality Inn."

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

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

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

"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."

"We won 1st place and $500."

"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."

"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!"

"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."

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

"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."

"I like The Beatles and I like The Kinks and I like The Rolling Stones and I like Led Zeppelin and I like Black Sabbath."

"As an adult, I think I wanna be living in New York City and help a lot of homeless people and try to become vegan and maybe be a band with some good friends and be making a living and be happy with how much money I have."

"I think bootlegging is kinda cool."

"I hope our DVD comes out better than this!"

"If I walk down the street in jeans and a plain t-shirt, I don’t feel like the world sees me as I want to be seen or as what I am."