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" I've always liked Dennis Chambers, he's real flashy. "
Travis Barker
Always
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" My chops are still up, even though I'm not still in high school. "
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" We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs. "
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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 guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go. "
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" I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk. "
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Edge
Nothing
" The whole time after you record an album, you're just waiting for the release date. You're waiting for fans to hear it and stuff. "
Travis Barker
Just
Hear
Waiting
" 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. "
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" We never worry about the big things, just the small things. "
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Big
Never
" I practice every day, I warm up before I play. "
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Up
Practice
Play
" 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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Rock
Music
" In the hospital, I promised myself that I ever walked again, that I would eat well and swim every day. "
Travis Barker
Every Day
Eat
Day
" In 1996, I was in was in an acoustic kind of rock band, we were called Feeble. We were just playing locally. "
Travis Barker
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Rock
Just
" 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. "
Travis Barker
Days
Light
Just
" Playing my drums is therapy. "
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Drums
Playing
Therapy
" My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music. "
Travis Barker
Beatles
Music
Lot
" We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. "
Travis Barker
Mark
Tom
Write
" 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. "
Travis Barker
Responsibility
Fresh Air
Home
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Travis Barker
Three
High School
Line
" I'm obsessed with my children. "
Travis Barker
Children
Obsessed
" 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. "
Travis Barker
My Life
Life
Number
" A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. "
Travis Barker
Musicians
Think
Rock
" I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit. "
Travis Barker
Quit
Detroit
Playing
" I wanted to say thanks... and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support from everyone. "
Travis Barker
Blessed
Family
Gratitude
" 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
" 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
Me
School
High School
" 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. "
Travis Barker
Everything
Teacher
Jazz
" I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet. "
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Protein
Diet
Rather
" 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. "
Travis Barker
You
Kid
Good