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. – Travis Barker
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. – 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’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
I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit. – 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, because we tour so much. – Travis Barker
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. – Travis Barker
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
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 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
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. – Travis Barker
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
We were concerned with having good songs, not just songs that go two hundred miles per hour. – Travis Barker
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