"My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong." ― Travis Barker Topic(s): Courage More From Travis Barker "My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band." "On tour, you never have a home, you don’t get used to anything, and you’re always super busy." "My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music." More In Courage "Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."― George S. Patton "The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power."― Joseph Conrad "I have a computer screen near my seat where I monitor the overall health of the vehicle and pick up any problems that might be occurring early on or once we see any kind of a malfunction or anything unusual that’s happening, we can look at the data and figure out what that is."― Laurel Clark