Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Travis Barker
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 14
Actor
Composer
Drummer
Musician
Recording Artist
Songwriter
Fontana
California
Travis Landon Barker
Trying
Walks
Going
Told
Things
Wasn
Skateboarder
Happen
Breaking
Happens
Legs
Able
Kept
Wanted
Soon
Hard
Walk

More quotes by Travis Barker

Image
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
Image
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
Image
Playing my drums is therapy.
Travis Barker
Image
I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet.
Travis Barker
Image
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
Image
A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.
Travis Barker
Image
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
Image
If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us.
Travis Barker
Image
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
Image
I listen to everything from jazz to reggae to heavy metal and I kind of combine everything to make something different
Travis Barker
Image
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
Image
I want to beat the world record for the number of beats per second on a drum pad.
Travis Barker
Image
Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too.
Travis Barker
Image
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
Image
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.
Travis Barker
Image
I like Steve Gadd, everything he did with Steely Dan. There's so many. I like everything.
Travis Barker
Image
I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself.
Travis Barker
Image
Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books.
Travis Barker
Image
I was in a band called Hooker for a while.
Travis Barker
Image
But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can.
Travis Barker