Why'd you want to sing about sad things?" Candy had asked him.
"Because any fool can be happy," he'd said to her.
"It takes a man with real heart"
—he'd made a fist and laid it against his chest—
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I juice a lot; I get as much protein as I can, because being a vegan, there isn't much protein. ...
TRAVIS BARKER
And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach...
TRAVIS BARKER
My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and ...
TRAVIS BARKER
All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this...
TRAVIS BARKER
We never worry about the big things, just the small things.
TRAVIS BARKER
I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet.
TRAVIS BARKER
A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.
TRAVIS BARKER
When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging ou...
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...
TRAVIS BARKER
I run every day now. I never ran before.
TRAVIS BARKER
I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go.
TRAVIS BARKER
There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like ...
TRAVIS BARKER
I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself.
TRAVIS BARKER
Capturing a beautiful moment in a photo is something I'm very passionate about.
NIGEL BARKER
Lindley has always been good at closing games. He knows how to tighten down in tough situations.
ANDREW BARKER
Telecoms support for this kind of operation was traditionally a problem. In the new world, people ju...
ANDREW BARKER
Our existing system was based on an ageing infrastructure, and we were starting to encounter a numbe...
ANDREW BARKER
I cannot understand why companies in the public sector go for the managed option.
ANDREW BARKER
That's a very big benefit in the police world.
ANDREW BARKER
It's a very simple and flexible browser-based process for such activities.
ANDREW BARKER
It was the less risky and economically sensible approach to take. Taking a phased approach was also ...
ANDREW BARKER
There is a prevailing sentiment that a higher cost for a managed service buys a lower-risk investmen...
ANDREW BARKER
We take the business case extremely seriously to ensure best value for taxpayers.
ANDREW BARKER
Oh definitely, there are multiple issues in this case.
ANDREW BARKER
I once died my hair blonde, and it looked like an orangey-red carrot top. It was the '80s, and I...
NIGEL BARKER
The cancer project scales up to well over 100 Human Genome Projects.
ANNA BARKER
If we could predict early response, it would be a huge advantage to patients.
ANNA BARKER
What makes cancer so hard in terms of really conquering the disease is its complexity. There are myr...
ANNA BARKER
This is a revolutionary project. It's going to empower all cancer researchers with an entire new set...
ANNA BARKER
We've got a big job ahead of us to rebuild the program.
ANITA BARKER
This is a sad day for Chico State Athletics. We pride ourselves on being role models, on having a pr...
ANITA BARKER
This is not the kind of behavior we expect.
ANITA BARKER
This is not the kind of behavior we expect. The magnitude and gravity of this situation warrants swi...
ANITA BARKER
They contacted her soon after she returned from Hot Springs. They really moved lightning-quick.
ANITA BARKER
But first, the news: The House of Commons was sealed off today after police chased an escaped lunati...
RONNIE BARKER
It would be unthinkable to have a top-ten list of multiple narrative novels that doesn't include...
SUSAN BARKER
We had hoped to have been bringing you Arthur the Human Chameleon, but this afternoon, he crawled ac...
RONNIE BARKER
If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Bac...
TRAVIS BARKER
It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain.
PAT BARKER
I'm happy to help Crest Whitestrips on their mission to inspire photographers everywhere to capt...
NIGEL BARKER
Next week we'll be investigating rumours that the president of the dairy council has become a Ma...
RONNIE BARKER
When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, ...
HOWARD BARKER
When James was out, we put a lot of time into bolstering his weaknesses.
BRIAN BARKER
Me and my friend voted for me as a joke.
BRIAN BARKER
Mats talked to him a lot about momentum, about not trying to get it back all at once, ... I'm sure J...
BRIAN BARKER
James really showed me something, ... When he got behind, I think even a year ago he would have prob...
BRIAN BARKER
We were both concerned about that. That was the single number one thing we talked about yesterday. W...
BRIAN BARKER
James really showed me something. Because it was obvious watching him out there that he wasn't happy...
BRIAN BARKER
It was huge for James because whoever was winning, it was a huge disadvantage. If you are up a set, ...
BRIAN BARKER
Playing a lefty before you play a lefty, you couldn't have asked for anything any better. It is simi...
BRIAN BARKER
I am more on the conservative side in everything in life, and James is not as conser-vative and a lo...
BRIAN BARKER
Networks decide who will have a chance to do shows, but it is the viewers who make the final decisio...
BOB BARKER
Many people have the idea that game shows are easy to come up with. And nothing could be further fro...
BOB BARKER
I'll tell you one thing, in what I do for a living, there's no substitute for experience. I don't ca...
BOB BARKER
I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known.
BOB BARKER
You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights.
BOB BARKER
I've learned my song, and I sing it.
BOB BARKER
I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be ...
BOB BARKER
Nothing gives me quite so much joy as when people tell me they've had their pets spayed or neutered.
BOB BARKER
You and a guest will fly round-trip coach from Los Angeles to New Orleans for a six-night stay at th...
BOB BARKER
Truth or Consequences
BOB BARKER
We did a lot better job rotating and getting the job done.
BRACEY BARKER