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" I like Steve Gadd, everything he did with Steely Dan. There's so many. I like everything. "
Travis Barker
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" I was a kid, and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to play the drums, you know? All I wanted to do was skateboard, but I was still learning and taking it in, so it was good. "
Travis Barker
You
Kid
Good
" Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too. "
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Too
Descendants
Bill
" And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach. "
Travis Barker
Flash
Music
Band
" In the hospital, I promised myself that I ever walked again, that I would eat well and swim every day. "
Travis Barker
Every Day
Eat
Day
" On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy. "
Travis Barker
You
Used
Always
" I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital... It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a number of ways. "
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My Life
Life
Number
" I think putting your relationship out there for people to interpret and have their own opinion about, I think it's crazy. "
Travis Barker
Own
Think
Relationship
" I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me. "
Travis Barker
Everything
Teacher
Jazz
" There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air. "
Travis Barker
Responsibility
Fresh Air
Home
" All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I kept breaking half of my body skateboarding. "
Travis Barker
Half
Problem
Ride
" And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. "
Travis Barker
Band
Jazz
School
" We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. "
Travis Barker
Mark
Tom
Write
" Playing my drums is therapy. "
Travis Barker
Drums
Playing
Therapy
" I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk. "
Travis Barker
Now
Edge
Nothing
" I was in a band called Hooker for a while. "
Travis Barker
While
Band
" In junior high, I sang in madrigals, men's' and women's' choir. I played piano too, but then I got out of it. "
Travis Barker
Piano
Women
Choir
" I juice a lot; I get as much protein as I can, because being a vegan, there isn't much protein. But that's pretty much it. I just drink lots of water, too. I'll have a protein shake as well every morning. "
Travis Barker
Juice
Water
I Can
" Usually, if I'm coming to Europe, I'm on a boat for seven days, so I spend the seven days doing a bunch of things. I'll do cardio for an hour or an hour-and-a-half and weights, just light weights. "
Travis Barker
Days
Light
Just
" In 1996, I was in was in an acoustic kind of rock band, we were called Feeble. We were just playing locally. "
Travis Barker
Playing
Rock
Just
" I try to do an hour of cardio on the days that I have off, and then I'll do 30 to 45 minutes on show days. That's the first thing I do when I wake up, I have breakfast and then I'll hit the gym. "
Travis Barker
Show
Gym
Days
" I looked Death right in the face. "
Travis Barker
Looked
Death
Face
" It's something I want to overcome. And my kids are scared to death to fly. I want them to witness me overcome it. "
Travis Barker
Fly
Me
Overcome
" I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super stoked on me and asked me to join their band. "
Travis Barker
Me
Like
Songs
" I'm obsessed with my children. "
Travis Barker
Children
Obsessed
" We never worry about the big things, just the small things. "
Travis Barker
Worry
Big
Never
" If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us. "
Travis Barker
Fans
Time
New
" Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books. "
Travis Barker
Serious
Books
Oh
" But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can. "
Travis Barker
Play
Much
I Can
" Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living. "
Travis Barker
Thankful
Life
Ups And Downs
" I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself. "
Travis Barker
Limits
Keep
Expressing