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

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

Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too.
Travis Barker

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

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

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.
Travis Barker

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

I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit.
Travis Barker

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

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

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.
Travis Barker

I was in a band called Hooker for a while.
Travis Barker

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