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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Travis Barker

Different

Changes

" I looked Death right in the face. "

" 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

" We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened. "

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

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

" I wanted to say thanks... and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support from everyone. "

" I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit. "

" Playing my drums is therapy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" In 1996, I was in was in an acoustic kind of rock band, we were called Feeble. We were just playing locally. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I think putting your relationship out there for people to interpret and have their own opinion about, I think it's crazy. "

" Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too. "

" We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs. "

" I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit. "

" I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids. "

" In the hospital, I promised myself that I ever walked again, that I would eat well and swim every day. "

" I was in a band called Hooker for a while. "

Travis Barker

While

Band

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

" 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. "