Travis Barker quotes

Travis Barker is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Blink-182. His energetic drumming style and collaborations span a wide range of musical genres including punk, hip hop, and pop. He is also recognized for overcoming personal challenges and continuing to influence the music industry. Here are 59 of his quotes:

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

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

Travis Barker

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.

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Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living.

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

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Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too.

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

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

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I was in a band called Hooker for a while.

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

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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. (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 do was skateboard, but I was still learning and taking it in, so it was good.

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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 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.

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

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

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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 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.

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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.

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

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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. (Travis Barker)

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

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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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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 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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Travis Barker

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: November 14, 1975
Quotes count: 59

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