“Teachers and pop icons, empty drums beat loudest noise. We swap their quotes and CDs like children trading toys. Follow along, bite the barbed hook deep in our jaw…”

“No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise.”

“Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.”

“The jaws' hooked clamp and fangs
Not to be changed at this date;
A life subdued to its instrument.”

“Asia is the continent rhythm forgot. At best Asian music is off-brand American pop, like Sonny Bono in a karaoke bar. At worst Asian music sounds as if a truck full of wind chimes collided with a stack of empty oil drums during a birdcall contest.”

“At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock.”

“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.”

“Children learn best when they like their teacher and they think their teacher likes them.”

“Nothing beats 2 guitars, drum and bass.”

“Like a drum my heart was beating,
And your kiss was sweet as wine,
But the joys of love are fleeting
For Pierrot and Columbine.”