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" 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
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" 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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" I looked Death right in the face. "
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" I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock. "
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" 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. "
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" I love tour, but I don't like traveling at night or driving long hours. But I love touring. If my kids could be out there full time, I'd probably never go home. "
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" I don't like traveling, period. I like being at places and I like going places, but I don't like forms of transportation. "
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" I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet. "
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" On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy. "
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" I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour so much. "
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" I run every day now. I never ran before. "
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" It's something I want to overcome. And my kids are scared to death to fly. I want them to witness me overcome it. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" We were concerned with having good songs, not just songs that go two hundred miles per hour. "
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" Then I tried out for the Fontana High School drum line, in Riverside, and I did really well. I got second chair, and played snare in that drum line for three years. "
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Three
High School
Line
" I practice every day, I warm up before I play. "
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Up
Practice
Play
" But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song. "
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Go
Different
Changes
" My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful to be alive. I'm just grateful to be here at all. "
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Thankful
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Fear
" 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. "
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You
Kid
Good
" Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living. "
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Thankful
Life
Ups And Downs
" I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself. "
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Limits
Keep
Expressing
" I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit. "
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Orange
Four
Love
" Playing my drums is therapy. "
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Drums
Playing
Therapy
" My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band. "
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Me
School
High School
" 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. "
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Fans
Time
New
" I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go. "
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Music
YouTube
" The whole time after you record an album, you're just waiting for the release date. You're waiting for fans to hear it and stuff. "
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Just
Hear
Waiting
" I wanted to say thanks... and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support from everyone. "
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Blessed
Family
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" I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit. "
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Quit
Detroit
Playing
" A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. "
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