Sindy: Then what genre do you classify yourself as? Are you still punk?
Travis: It's really hard. I don't know how much you've followed that whole movement or what's TV or radio could ever be. It's definitely like a lifestyle, you know?
Sindy: Yeah. Ok, so what do you think the future holds for Blink-182?
Travis: We're going to continue touring this year, we have a big tour in America, in Europe, making videos and keep making good records until one of us isn't around anymore or whatever.
Sindy: How do you think your music has changed since you guys have had kids and been through so many life changes?
Travis: Having kids doesn't change your life.
Sindy: No?
Travis: It doesn't change your life as far as being a write songs and it never will.
Sindy: Do you think your fan base will change at all or has it already changed since you started?
Travis: The people who come to our shows are our fans from, like, the very beginning who maybe were a band is happy to be a band and we're happy to be a band again - whereas a couple of years ago I think we were just tired and we just needed everyone to leave us alone. We almost got forced to - because of politics with our record label - make another record, like, literally a year after Take Off Your Pants and Jacket came out. And that would have been the death of our band.
Sindy: So how did you get out of that?
Travis: Well, in not so many nice words, we told them to get lost. And there's a new regime and we're on a new label with different people and presidents of labels who think record. We don't want you coming by the studio while we're making it, you just have to trust us.
Sindy: Any advice you would give to kids wanting to get into this?
Travis: I think the biggest advice I would give anyone is play music cuz you wanna have fun and you genuinely love your a million years, ever counted on selling, like, a 100 records or making a thousand dollars. And I think that's what usually happens, to people who weren't expecting anything out of it, you know? I guess, just don't expect anything out of it, just do it because you love it.
