Mark Hoppus quotes

Mark Hoppus is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist of Blink-182. His energetic performances and songwriting have shaped the pop punk genre for decades. He has influenced countless artists and remains a central figure in modern rock music. Here are 42 of his quotes:

I just want everyone out there to know that I'm super-awesome and a great guy and really cool to talk to and that I appreciate all the support.

Mark Hoppus

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

Mark Hoppus

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.

Mark Hoppus

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

Mark Hoppus

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.

Mark Hoppus

I don't think of them as teenage songs. The things that happen to you in high school are the same things that happen your entire life. You can fall in love at 60; you can get rejected at 80.

Mark Hoppus

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

Mark Hoppus

I miss the experience of walking into a record store and find old stuff without expecting to.

Mark Hoppus

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

Mark Hoppus

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.

Mark Hoppus

If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.

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The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent sports, like skateboarding. I was really into skateboarding, and not necessarily team televised sports.

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

Mark Hoppus

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.

Mark Hoppus

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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Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.

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

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Everything in high school seems like the most important thing that's ever happened in your life. It's not. You'll get out of high school and you never see those people again. All the people who torment and press you won't make a difference in your life in the long haul.

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I dated the same girl all through high school.

Mark Hoppus

All the really pretty girls get pregnant.

Mark Hoppus

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.

Mark Hoppus

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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