I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've learned some of the greatest life lessons from growing up in the skate and punk rock communities.
I was a natural skater, but I also took private lessons to enhance my skills.
I was the punk outsider who nobody messed with. I was fearless. At 16, I graduated and moved out.
Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for.
I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody.
I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.
Any eyes on me - a late-night street sweeper, some dude texting in his parked car, the homeless guy talking to himself - make me feel uncomfortable when I skate. Everyone expects me to do certain things.
I was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy then.
I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well.
I was extreme... from skateboarder to hip-hopper to rave child to lead singer of a rock band - I did it all, and all at the same time.