Travis Barker

I hate planes.

— Travis Barker

I looked Death right in the face.

— Travis Barker

I was in a band called Hooker for a while.

— Travis Barker

Playing my drums is therapy.

— Travis Barker

I run every day now. I never ran before.

— Travis Barker

Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too.

— Travis Barker

I'm obsessed with my children.

— Travis Barker

I've always liked Dennis Chambers, he's real flashy.

— Travis Barker

I practice every day, I warm up before I play.

— Travis Barker

We were concerned with having good songs, not just songs that go two hundred miles per hour.

— Travis Barker

On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy.

— Travis Barker

A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.

— Travis Barker

In the hospital, I promised myself that I ever walked again, that I would eat well and swim every day.

— Travis Barker

I think punk, pop-punk, and rock music is all meshed together and I think good music is good music.

— Travis Barker

My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music.

— Travis Barker

Take care of your colon and your colon will take care of you.

— Travis Barker

We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics.

— Travis Barker

I think putting your relationship out there for people to interpret and have their own opinion about, I think it's crazy.

— Travis Barker

Put me up in front of a million people and ask me to speak. I'll flop. But put me behind my drums…

— Travis Barker

We just wrote songs that seemed good to us. We wrote the album in like two weeks. We could have had more…

— Travis Barker

It seems like I have more in common - or hit it off better - with rappers than fools that are in…

— Travis Barker

I used to have friends come on tour and work as my drum tech, but they get bummed out when I have…

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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…

— Travis Barker

I was a kid, and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to play the drums, you know? All I wanted to…

— Travis Barker

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,…

— Travis Barker

With rock music, it usually revolves around the band. You go in as a band and probably take about a year to…

— Travis Barker

When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with…

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I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself,

— Travis Barker

But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can.

— Travis Barker

Express yourself, put stuff down on tape, and see what lives.

— Travis Barker

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

I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go.

— Travis Barker

My chops are still up, even though I'm not still in high school.

— Travis Barker

And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach.

— Travis Barker

We never worry about the big things, just the small things.

— Travis Barker

I like Steve Gadd, everything he did with Steely Dan. There's so many. I like everything.

— Travis Barker

I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my…

— Travis Barker

I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet.

— Travis Barker

I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit.

— Travis Barker

My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong.

— Travis Barker