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" 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
Me
Overcome
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" 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. "
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High School
" I run every day now. I never ran before. "
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Before
Run
" I was in a band called Hooker for a while. "
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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'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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Teacher
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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'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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" 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
" 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
Go
Different
Changes
" Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books. "
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Serious
Books
Oh
" 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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Playing
Rock
Just
" We never worry about the big things, just the small things. "
Travis Barker
Worry
Big
Never
" 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 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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Legs
Trying
Know
" I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go. "
Travis Barker
Destination
Music
YouTube
" I have my kids every Friday through Monday, and I don't leave them the whole time I have them. "
Travis Barker
Leave
Friday
Monday
" I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit. "
Travis Barker
Orange
Four
Love
" 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. "
Travis Barker
Juice
Water
I Can
" I think putting your relationship out there for people to interpret and have their own opinion about, I think it's crazy. "
Travis Barker
Own
Think
Relationship
" I hate planes. "
Travis Barker
Planes
Hate
" My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music. "
Travis Barker
Beatles
Music
Lot
" In junior high, I sang in madrigals, men's' and women's' choir. I played piano too, but then I got out of it. "
Travis Barker
Piano
Women
Choir
" 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
" A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. "
Travis Barker
Musicians
Think
Rock
" Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too. "
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Too
Descendants
Bill
" But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can. "
Travis Barker
Play
Much
I Can
" Playing my drums is therapy. "
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Drums
Playing
Therapy
" We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. "
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Mark
Tom
Write
" On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy. "
Travis Barker
You
Used
Always
" 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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Days
Light
Just