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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.

Mark Hoppus

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Mark Hoppus
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 15
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Ridgecrest
California
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