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" I'm obsessed with my children. "
Travis Barker
Children
Obsessed
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" Once in a while, I'll slip and get off my vegan diet and have egg whites in the morning, that's a good source of protein while I'm out on the road. If I can feel my body starting to tire, those are good to keep you healthy. "
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" Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living. "
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" 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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" 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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" Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books. "
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" I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go. "
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YouTube
" 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. "
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I Can
" In 1996, I was in was in an acoustic kind of rock band, we were called Feeble. We were just playing locally. "
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Just
" I like Steve Gadd, everything he did with Steely Dan. There's so many. I like everything. "
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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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Me
Like
Songs
" I've always liked Dennis Chambers, he's real flashy. "
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Real
Liked
" 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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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
Alive
Fear
" 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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Style
Rock
Music
" 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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Fly
Me
Overcome
" We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs. "
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" Playing my drums is therapy. "
Travis Barker
Drums
Playing
Therapy
" 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
" But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can. "
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Play
Much
I Can
" 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
" 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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Responsibility
Fresh Air
Home
" And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. "
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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 need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet. "
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" 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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" 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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" I run every day now. I never ran before. "
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Before
Run
" I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids. "
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Kids
Just
Children
" We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. "
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Tom
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