Rachel Trachtenburg

"Rachel Trachtenburg: I really like the food at that place (Sidewalk Cafe). They have salads and pastas and stuff like that. Whats your favorite food? Kimya Dawson: I like cherries. Rachel: Thats a fruit. I said food. Kimya: Fruits food. Rachel: You dont sit down and eat it. You dont eat it at a restaurant, like, "Oh, Id like a fruit, please." You say, "Id 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 New York better than Seattle. Its 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."

"No. I dont think so. I hope not."

"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. Youre always wrong about ordering. You always say we need mediums and larges, but girls like smalls."

"Im learning to play piano. And also the musical saw."

"Hi. Im Rachel Trachtenburg. Im 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."

"Its fun hitting on the drums and singing songs."

"Some parents just work at...I dont 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 dont know!"