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" I used to have friends come on tour and work as my drum tech, but they get bummed out when I have to tell them what to do. This time I'm just going to fly them out and let them hang. It's all good. "

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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. "

Travis Barker

Three

High School

Line

" My chops are still up, even though I'm not still in high school. "

" On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy. "

" 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

Songs

" And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. "

" We just wrote songs that seemed good to us. We wrote the album in like two weeks. We could have had more time, but we accomplished what we needed to in the two weeks. "

Travis Barker

Good

" I have my kids every Friday through Monday, and I don't leave them the whole time I have them. "

" I run every day now. I never ran before. "

" A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. "

" I practice every day, I warm up before I play. "

Travis Barker

Practice

Play

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. "

" But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can. "

" I don't like traveling, period. I like being at places and I like going places, but I don't like forms of transportation. "

Travis Barker

Transportation

Going

" 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. "

" 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. "

" And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach. "

" I was told once if I kept breaking things on my legs, that I wasn't going to be able to walk soon, you know? I wanted to be a pro skateboarder, but it was too hard. I was trying, but it wasn't going to happen. "

" Playing my drums is therapy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go. "

" Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books. "

Travis Barker

Serious

Books

" 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. "

Travis Barker

School

High School

" I've always liked Dennis Chambers, he's real flashy. "

" In junior high, I sang in madrigals, men's' and women's' choir. I played piano too, but then I got out of it. "

" We never worry about the big things, just the small things. "

" When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with different types of people who listened to so many different types of music. I never wanted to be part of any one clique. I loved it all. "

" 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

Overcome