Screw them. Yeah. But not literally. I'm not advocating promiscuity. Mark Hoppus More Quotes by Mark Hoppus More Quotes From Mark Hoppus The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don't know what the Hell they're doing and neither will you when you get to be a parent Mark Hoppus hell realizing parent I think that breaking into the mainstream - it was just the right cycle of music for us in Blink-182. People were kind of over the boy-band, pop-princess, manufactured sensibility, and were excited for guitars and angst and energy and enthusiasm, which is our thing. Mark Hoppus energy people thinking 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 upset romance people I did mostly good things, except light things on fire. Mark Hoppus good-things light fire The process of introducing people to new music is amazing. It's a gift. One of the best parts of any day is when someone says, 'Hey, check out this new band...' Mark Hoppus hey band people 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 girlfriend nice fighting I like to get Honey Combs, and Apple Jax, and Captain Crunch Berries and mix them all together, but I'm freak and I use water instead of milk. Mark Hoppus apples together water Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad. Mark Hoppus dad parent kids I don't really have any secret shames. If I like an artist, I like them. Nothing to feel embarrassed about. Mark Hoppus shame artist secret I would probably say, 'Don't worry so much about stuff as you grow up.' Mark Hoppus growing-up worry stuff I don't stream or buy CDs pretty much everything I buy, I do it on iTunes. Mark Hoppus itunes streams cds 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 car mom night We reserve the right to make fun of every single person on planet Earth. Mark Hoppus planets earth fun Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Mark Hoppus music-is-life upbeat planets There's no doubt that the ready availability of music online has created a thousand more opportunities than it's destroyed. Mark Hoppus availability doubt opportunity Mom's dad was in the army, stormed the beach at Normandy, fought through the French hedgerows, the Battle of the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge, and liberated concentration camps at the end of the war. Mark Hoppus dad mom beach I dated the same girl all through high school. Mark Hoppus high-school girl school 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 cowboy country son 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 buttons albums special Hard work, studying and perseverance will get you no where in life......it's all about kissing ass Mark Hoppus perseverance kissing hard-work
