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" I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids. "
Travis Barker
Kids
Just
Children
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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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" 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 all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. "
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" And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. "
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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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Number
" I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go. "
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Music
YouTube
" 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. "
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Light
Just
" I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet. "
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Rather
" A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. "
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Think
Rock
" In junior high, I sang in madrigals, men's' and women's' choir. I played piano too, but then I got out of it. "
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Piano
Women
Choir
" I'm obsessed with my children. "
Travis Barker
Children
Obsessed
" 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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Mean
Drum
Sit
" 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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Time
Fly
Work
" My chops are still up, even though I'm not still in high school. "
Travis Barker
High School
High
School
" 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. "
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Show
Gym
Days
" 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
" 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. "
Travis Barker
Loved
Music
Way
" 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. "
Travis Barker
Legs
Trying
Know
" On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy. "
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You
Used
Always
" I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit. "
Travis Barker
Orange
Four
Love
" 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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Time
Driving
Home
" And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach. "
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Music
Band
" Playing my drums is therapy. "
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Playing
Therapy
" 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
Gratitude
" 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. "
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Good
" 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 practice every day, I warm up before I play. "
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Up
Practice
Play
" 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 was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit. "
Travis Barker
Quit
Detroit
Playing