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.

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.

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

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

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.

[N]ow we have a clearer idea what this story is all about: The world was made for man, and man was made to rule it.

You cannot understand God if you don’t understand people

History is about ordinary people living their ordinary lives, just as we do today, while all around the world is changing. It makes heroes out of some people and victims out of others.

In what world did you think you could get away with this?" Jalal seethed. "To my cousin? To my family?" His gleaming hilt continued its punishing onslaught.

It runs in the blood like wooden legs.

The beauty of getting older is the surprise of what else you can do to make the world a better place with the wisdom that you've accrued over those years.

You have to eat oatmeal or you'll dry up. Anybody knows that.

If you take the credit, you lose it. If you give away the credit, it comes back multiplied.

Play what you know and then play above that

A thousand pieces of gold may hardly bring a moment's happiness, but a small favor can cause a lifetime's gratitude. Too much love can turn to enmity, while aloofness can produce joy.