Author: Travis Barker

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We were concerned with having good songs, not just songs that go two hundred miles per hour.

We were concerned with having good songs, not just songs that go two hundred miles per hour.

- Travis Barker

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

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

- 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.

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

We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs.

We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs.

- Travis Barker

There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air.

There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air.

- 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.

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

We just wrote songs that seemed good to us. We wrote the album in like two weeks. We could have had more time, but we accomplished what we needed to in the two weeks.

We just wrote songs that seemed good to us. We wrote the album in like two weeks. We could have had more time, but we accomplished what we needed to in the two weeks.

- Travis Barker

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.

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

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.

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

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