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What I love about Blink-128 is that we write catchy melodies with dark lyrics.

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Mark Hoppus
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 15
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Songwriter
Ridgecrest
California
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Markus Allan Hoppus
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During the downtime on tour, I simply walk from room to room, staring into my computer.
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The strongest human emotion is probably love. I think it's universal. I think that across language and country and time and everything else, probably love.
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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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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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