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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I think bootlegging is kinda cool.

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

Run to brilliance. Sprint to excellence. Soar to transcendence.

No one else, but the silence of the night cried with me

My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.

We were imprinted with a value system as young children. The sensory experiences of life can trigger and stimulate a variety of associative thoughts and ideas.

Mere lack of success does not discredit a method, for there are many things that determine and perpetuate our sanctified ways of doing things besides their success in reaching their proposed ends.

You can't do in a race what you haven't prepared for.

For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground.

When a slave begins to take pride in his fetters and hugs them like precious ornaments, the triumph of the slave-owner is complete.

What I do in my book is let people know about these programs.

There's nothing like walking onto a Hollywood sound stage.