Travis Barker Quotes

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.

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.

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

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.

Enema of the State song is kind of like a tattoo, like a moment in time, but it aged well. It's not like one that you're looking at like, "Aw, God, I gotta get that s**t removed." It's something we're proud of.

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.

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

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

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

I don't like traveling, period. I like being at places and I like going places, but I don't like forms of transportation.

I have my kids every Friday through Monday, and I don't leave them the whole time I have them.

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.

In junior high, I sang in madrigals, men's' and women's' choir. I played piano too, but then I got out of it.

I'm obsessed with my children.

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.

I want to beat the world record for the number of beats per second on a drum pad.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

I listen to everything from jazz to reggae to heavy metal and I kind of combine everything to make something different

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

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

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

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.

I looked Death right in the face.

With rock music, it usually revolves around the band. You go in as a band and probably take about a year to record an album. But for a hip-hop song, you can create a track and an idea with verses and choruses in a day, and get three different people on it. It seems like you're able to do more with hip-hop.

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

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.

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

I was in a band called Hooker for a while.

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.

If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us.

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

Playing my drums is therapy.

And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.

Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books.

I wanted to say thanks... and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support from everyone.

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

It seems like I have more in common - or hit it off better - with rappers than fools that are in rock music. It was always natural for me.

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.

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