Quotes by Mark Hoppus

About Mark Hoppus:

Mark Allan Hoppus is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist for the rock band Blink-182. Born in Ridgecrest, California, Hoppus spent his childhood moving back and forth between his mother and father's houses, as they divorced when he was in third grade. He became interested in skateboarding and punk rock in junior high, and received a bass guitar from his father at the age of fifteen. After moving to San Diego in 1992, Hoppus' sister introduced him to Tom DeLonge, and together with drummer Scott Raynor, they formed the band Blink-182. With DeLonge's termination from the band in January 2015, Hoppus remains the only founding member.
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From a very early age, my wife and I told our son that there are times and places for everything. I told him, look, when you're in class, you have to be quiet and listen to your teacher, but when you go out to the playground, you can scream and be si...

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Getting to meet other artists that I admire is one of the best parts of my job. I don't know if I'd say 'star struck' as much as excited to hear other peoples' ideas.

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I like the beaches in Orange County the best. I think Orange County has great beaches. Everything from Dana Point to Newport to Laguna; all over the place.

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All the really pretty girls get pregnant.

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We just kind of did our own thing and got made fun of by the popular kids. It was kind of like a badge of honor to be an outcast.

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Screw them. Yeah. But not literally. I'm not advocating promiscuity.

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My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.

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It totally ruins my voice. I quit smoking, drinking, and doing ecstasy.

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If at first you don't succeed, pay someone else to do it for you.

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Make yourself look really stupid so you don't feel bad doing something a little stupid.

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Once you declare your loyalty to a team, every person who doesn't support that team, it's their job to ruin you, to tell you you're an idiot and to tell you that you made the wrong choice.

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Antarctica is otherworldly, like nothing I've ever seen before. Stark, cold, beautiful desolation.

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The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don't know what the Hell they're doing and neither will you when you get to be a parent.

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I don't stream or buy CDs... pretty much everything I buy, I do it on iTunes.

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I believe that artists should be paid for their creativity. There's no other industry where people can come in and take what you create for free and give it away for free and that's acceptable.

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I grew up the biggest fan of the Cure. Knew every lyric, had every album, B-side, single, poster, everything. Then cut to fifteen years later, and we're working on songs together. Ridiculous.

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I dated the same girl all through high school.

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The naked thing was short-lived. It was only around for about six months because we thought it was shocking. Once people expected us to do it we kind of never did it again.

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During the downtime on tour, I simply walk from room to room, staring into my computer.

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I firmly believe artists should be paid for what they create.

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Author Bio

  • NameMark Hoppus
  • DescriptionAmerican musician, record producer, and television host
  • AliasesAttic Children; The Attic Children; Mark Allan Hoppus; Markus Allan Hoppus; Jack Hoppus
  • BornMarch 15, 1972
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer; Musician