Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living. Travis Barker More Quotes by Travis Barker More Quotes From Travis Barker A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. Travis Barker rockspeoplethinking I tattooed my body so I couldn't fall back on anything. I purposely did that so I couldn't get a normal job and live a normal life. I did it so I had to play music. Travis Barker playjobsfall I think punk, pop-punk, and rock music is all meshed together and I think good music is good music. Travis Barker rockstogetherthinking 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. Travis Barker ask-mespeakpeople Express yourself, put stuff down on tape, and see what lives. Travis Barker tapeexpress-yourselfstuff We never worry about the big things, just the small things. Travis Barker big-thingsbigsworry Take care of your colon and your colon will take care of you. Travis Barker take-carecare 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 eyenumbersway 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. Travis Barker differentpeopleway 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. Travis Barker rockssongideas 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. Travis Barker rocksstyleplay But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can. Travis Barker padspracticeplay I love tour, but I don't like traveling at night or driving long hours. But I love touring. If my kids could be out there full time, I'd probably never go home. Travis Barker homenightkids 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 journeystuffmean And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. Travis Barker threeyearsschool Playing my drums is therapy. Travis Barker therapy 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 signaturesdifferentsong 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 poppiespunklittles 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 tiltplayteacher I practice every day, I warm up before I play. Travis Barker warmpracticeplay
