Quote

I've learned some of the greatest life lessons from growing up in the skate and punk rock communities.

Mark Hoppus

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mark Hoppus
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 15
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Songwriter
Ridgecrest
California
Mark Allan Hoppus
Markus Allan Hoppus
Jack Hoppus
snddoɥ ʞɹɐɯ
Rock
Rocks
Learned
Greatest
Skate
Growing
Skates
Community
Punk
Life
Communities
Lessons

More quotes by Mark Hoppus

Image
During the downtime on tour, I simply walk from room to room, staring into my computer.
Mark Hoppus
Image
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
Image
I live to play music, and hang out with my wife and kid, and hang out with my friends, and discover the world. Read books, watch movies, see art, see the world, meet new people.
Mark Hoppus
Image
The fact that music can induce Goosebumps draw a tear inspire and connect is one of my favorite parts of being human
Mark Hoppus
Image
A real punk is punk on the inside.
Mark Hoppus
Image
Make yourself do something stupid so when you really do something stupid you won't feel so bad
Mark Hoppus
Image
All I can hope to do is instill great morality in my son and trust him along the way. The music he listens to or how he chooses to wear his hair doesn't define his moral compass, and if he wants to listen to country music and wear a cowboy hat too, that's fine.
Mark Hoppus
Image
I feel like being in a band, you get license to be a kid forever.
Mark Hoppus
Image
Now everything is available at the push of a button, and that thrill of the search is gone. With vinyl albums and special edition releases, I feel like that's coming back.
Mark Hoppus
Image
Thank God I never got in a fight. All of the jock dudes hated me, but all of their girlfriends thought I was nice so they wouldn't touch me. It was infuriating to them.
Mark Hoppus
Image
I lived in small town out in the desert and my friend used to steal his mom's car in the middle of the night. He'd drive over to my house, I'd sneak out and we'd go out to the desert and just burn things down.
Mark Hoppus
Image
There was a great push and pull of what Blink-128 should sound like all the time. Travis Barker comes from a different background than I do, and Tom DeLonge comes from a different background than either of us in terms of what we write and what we think a song should be. Tom pushes me out of a box that I put myself in.
Mark Hoppus
Image
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.
Mark Hoppus
Image
'Built This Pool' was an idea that I had for a song starting several years ago, and as we were in between takes of recording something, I was actually holding a guitar at the time, and I played this silly thing, and sang the lyrics to 'Built This Pool' kinda in the background.
Mark Hoppus
Image
It usually happens spur of the moment, like when I broke up My Chemical Romance, it was just that day that I decided it was time for them to be done. And people were very upset about it so I have to choose my next victims carefully.
Mark Hoppus
Image
Hard work, studying and perseverance will get you no where in life......it's all about kissing ass
Mark Hoppus
Image
I don't think any of us felt like, Oh, we need to put joke songs on the record. If we found something funny, we would record it, and if we wanted to, we'd put it on the record. It's not really something we spent too much time agonizing over.
Mark Hoppus
Image
There is nothing more awkward and more laughable than a naked dude with his wiener flopping.
Mark Hoppus
Image
I don't really have any secret shames. If I like an artist, I like them. Nothing to feel embarrassed about.
Mark Hoppus
Image
I don't want to spend a month and a half in a studio with music I don't like, and fortunately I don't have to.
Mark Hoppus