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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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Travis Barker
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: November 14
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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.
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Anything that has to do with rock seems to be on the decline. There's not a lot of rock stations or MTV anymore, you just go on Youtube.
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In the hospital, I promised myself that I ever walked again, that I would eat well and swim every day.
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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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Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too.
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I listen to everything from jazz to reggae to heavy metal and I kind of combine everything to make something different
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A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.
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I looked Death right in the face.
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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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My chops are still up, even though I`m not still in high school.
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And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.
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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.
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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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I like Steve Gadd, everything he did with Steely Dan. There's so many. I like everything.
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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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We never worry about the big things, just the small things.
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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.
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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 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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