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I liked seventeen-year-old me, I was happy when I was seventeen. I was this troubled goth kid that wore eyeliner and make-up to school and listened to punk-rock music and I loved my friends and I started to make music - I like seventeen-year-old me.

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