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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. "
Travis Barker
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" 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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" 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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" Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books. "
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" I've always liked Dennis Chambers, he's real flashy. "
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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. "
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" 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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" I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit. "
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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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" And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. "
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" 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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" 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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" I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet. "
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Rather
" 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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Alive
Fear
" 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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Me
" And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach. "
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Band
" I practice every day, I warm up before I play. "
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Play
" 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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" 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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Light
Just
" I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go. "
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Destination
Music
YouTube
" 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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Way
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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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" 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. "
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Face
" 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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" All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I kept breaking half of my body skateboarding. "
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Problem
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" My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music. "
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Lot