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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. "
Travis Barker
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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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" 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'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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" We never worry about the big things, just the small things. "
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" And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach. "
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" I'm obsessed with my children. "
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" 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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" My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong. "
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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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" I have my kids every Friday through Monday, and I don't leave them the whole time I have them. "
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" 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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" I like Steve Gadd, everything he did with Steely Dan. There's so many. I like everything. "
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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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" 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 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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