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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
Guitarist
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Ridgecrest
California
Mark Allan Hoppus
Markus Allan Hoppus
Jack Hoppus
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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.
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I don't have a problem being on 'MTV,' and I don't have a problem being on the radio. I actually like it. So there. And anyone that calls me a sell out is just jealous.
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True happiness for me is playing a concert in Blink-182, and then hanging out with my friends and my wife and son, and going out for Mexican food.
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I think that happiness is a great thing to strive for, but very difficult to maintain - people are always striving for something different, and something better.
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Make yourself do something stupid so when you really do something stupid you won't feel so bad
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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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